Radicals in America

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.

Author: Howard Brick, Christopher Phelps
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 07/09/2015
Pages: 361
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780521731331
ISBN10: 052173133X
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | 20th Century
- History | United States | 21st Century
- Political Science | Political Ideologies | Radicalism