Rethinking the New Left: An Interpretative History
by Van Gosse
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Gosse, one of the foremost historians of the American postwar left, has crafted an engaging and concise synthetic history of the varied movements and organizations that have been placed under the broad umbrella known as the New Left. As one reader notes, gosse 'has accomplished something difficult and rare, if not altogether unique, in providing a studied and moving account of the full array of protest movements - from civil rights and Black Power, to student and antiwar protest, to women's show more and gay liberation, to Native American, Asian American, and Puerto Rican activism - that defined the American sixties as an era of powerfully transformative rebellions...His is a 'big-tent' view that shows just how rich and varied 1960s protest was.' In contrast to most other accounts of this subject, the SDS and white male radicals are taken out of the center of the story and placed more toward its margins. A prestigious project from a highly respected historian, The New Left in the United States, 1955-1975 will be a must-read for anyone interested in American politics of the postwar era. show lessTags
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Van Gosse teaches history at Franklin & Marshall College
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- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Politics and Government
- DDC/MDS
- 303.48 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social processes Social change Causes of change
- LCC
- HN90 .R3 .G66 — Social sciences Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform Social history and conditions. Social problems. By region or country
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