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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 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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface: Why Thi s is not Another "Sixties Book"
- Chapter 1 DEFINING THE NEW LEFT
- Chapter 2 AMERICA IN THE 1950s: "THE BEST or ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS
- Chapter 3 THE NEW LEFT'S ORIGINS IN THE OLD LEFT
- Chapter 4 THE BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE: FROM "WE SHALL OVERCOME" TO "FREEDOM Now!"
- Chapter 5 CHALLENGING THE COLD WAR BEFORE VIETNAM: "BAN THE BOMB! FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA!"
- Chapter 6 THE NORTHERN STUDENT MOVEMENT: "FREE SPEECH" AND "PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY"
- Chapter 7 UNDERGROUND FEMINISTS AND HOMOPHILES: "THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE No NAME"
- Chapter 8 VIETNAM AND "THE WAR AT HOME"
- Chapter 9 BLACK POWER: "1i NATION WITHIN A NATION?"
- Chapter 10 RED, BROWN, AND YELLOW POWER IN "OCCUPIED AMERICA"
- Chapter 11 WOMEN'S LIBERATION AND SECOND- WAVE FEMINISM: "THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL"
- Chapter 12 GAY LIBERATION: "OUT OF THE CLOSETS AND INTO THE STREETS!"
- Chapter 13 WINNINC AND LOSINC: THE NEW LEFT DEMOCRATIZES AMERICA
- A Selected Bibliography
- Index