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Returning to New York after five months of traveling, observing, and speaking from Maine to Florida; from Florida to Texas to California; up through Oregon to Washington and back again to the North Atlantic seaboard—I find myself summing up the state of mind through the nation in one word: confusion...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Monthly Review Foundation
1965
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Online Access: | https://monthlyreviewarchives.org/mr/article/view/MR-017-01-1965-05_5 https://doi.org/10.14452/MR-017-01-1965-05_5 |
Summary: | Returning to New York after five months of traveling, observing, and speaking from Maine to Florida; from Florida to Texas to California; up through Oregon to Washington and back again to the North Atlantic seaboard—I find myself summing up the state of mind through the nation in one word: confusion. Confusion reigns in Washington as it reigns among people who cull their information from headlines and newscasts. It is rampant among assembly-line workers and farmers; among self-styled intellectuals and city sophisticates; among youth, adults, and senior citizens.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website. |
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