Books by Paul Lyons

In the midst of the Vietnam war, sit-ins, counter-culture, and campus rallies, the 1966 graduating class of a South New Jersey coast high school came of age on the margins of political and cultural upheaval. This study reveals this group to be conservative teenagers shaped by mainstream loyalties to God, country, and family.

An analysis and critique of American representations of Oceania and Oceanians from the nineteenth century, this work argues that imperial fantasies have glossed over a complex, violent history. It introduces the concept of 'American Pacificism' to refigure established debates around 'orientalism' for an Oceanian context.

"A major contribution to the historiography of the New Left in the United Sates."-Journal of American History

Examines two equally important movements of the early sixties, the New Left and the New Right, both sides equally critical of existing society and both utopian in their visions. This book describes the ways in which the historical reality of the sixties has been dramatically distorted by popular political and social images.