ISBN:
9781139027700
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (ix, 355 pages)
Series Statement:
Cambridge essential histories
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.48/4
Keywords:
Geschichte 1900-2000
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Geschichte 1945-1989
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Geschichte
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Politik
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Radikalismus
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Social movements / United States / History / 20th century
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Social movements / United States / History / 21st century
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Radicalism / United States / History
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Political activists / United States / History
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Dissenters / United States / History
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Liberalism / United States / History
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Right and left (Political science) / United States / History
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Kommunismus
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Bürgerrechtsbewegung
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Sozialismus
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Indigenes Volk
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Pazifismus
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Feminismus
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USA
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United States / Politics and government / 1933-1945
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United States / Politics and government / 1945-1989
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United States / Politics and government / 1989-
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USA
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USA
;
Sozialismus
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Kommunismus
;
Feminismus
;
Pazifismus
;
Bürgerrechtsbewegung
;
Indigenes Volk
;
Geschichte 1945-1989
Abstract:
Radicals in America is a masterful history of controversial dissenters who pursued greater equality, freedom and democracy - and transformed the nation. Written with clarity and verve, Radicals in America shows how radical leftists, while often marginal or ostracized, could assume a catalytic role as effective organizers in mass movements, fostering the imagination of alternative futures. Beginning with the Second World War, Radicals in America extends all the way down to the present, making it the first comprehensive history of radicalism to reach beyond the sixties. From the Communist Party and the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, its coverage extends to the Battle of Seattle and Occupy Wall Street. Each chapter begins with a particular life story, including a Harlem woman deported in the McCarthy era, a gay Japanese-American opponent of the Vietnam War, and a Native American environmentalist, vignettes that bring to life the personal within the political
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: Margin and Mainstream in the American Radical Experience -- War and Peace, 1939-1948 -- All Over this Land, 1949-1959 -- A New Left, 1960-1964 -- The Revolution Will Be Live, 1965-1973 -- Anticipation, 1973-1980 -- Over the Rainbow, 1981-1989 -- What Democracy Looks Like, 1990 to the Present -- Conclusion: Radicalism's Future
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