04840nam 2200709Ia 450 991078751970332120200520144314.00-8122-0268-610.9783/9780812202687(CKB)2670000000418309(OCoLC)859161120(CaPaEBR)ebrary10748623(SSID)ssj0000981239(PQKBManifestationID)11532955(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000981239(PQKBWorkID)10970275(PQKB)10842876(MdBmJHUP)muse29821(DE-B1597)449124(OCoLC)1013962503(OCoLC)979591619(DE-B1597)9780812202687(Au-PeEL)EBL3442191(CaPaEBR)ebr10748623(CaONFJC)MIL682414(MiAaPQ)EBC3442191(EXLCZ)99267000000041830920021220d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe people of this generation[electronic resource] the rise and fall of the New Left in Philadelphia /Paul LyonsPhiladelphia University of Pennsylvania Pressc20031 online resource (288 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-322-51132-2 0-8122-3715-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-267) and index.Front matter --Contents --Introduction: The Movement and the City of Brotherly Love --1 The Old Left and the 1960's --2 The Quaker Schools --3 The Catholic Schools --4 From Subway School to Ivy League --5 The Beloved Community Goes to War --6 The Politics of White Antiracism: People for Human Rights --7 The Rise and Fall of the New Left --Notes --Index --AcknowledgmentsAt the heart of the tumult that marked the 1960's was the unprecedented scale of student protest on university campuses around the world. Identifying themselves as the New Left, as distinguished from the Old Left socialists who engineered the historic labor protests of the 1930's, these young idealists quickly became the voice and conscience of their generation. The People of This Generation is the first comprehensive case study of the history of the New Left in a Northeast urban environment. Paul Lyons examines how campus and community activists interacted with the urban political environment, especially the pacifist Quaker tradition and the rising ethnic populism of police chief and later mayor Frank Rizzo. Moving away from the memoirs and overviews that have dominated histories of the period, Lyons uses this detailed metropolitan study as a prism for revealing the New Left's successes and failures and for gauging how the energy generated by local activism cultivated the allegiance of countless citizens. Lyons explores why groups dominated by the Old Left had limited success in offering inspiration to a new generation driven by the civil rights movement and opposition to the Vietnam War. The number and diversity of colleges in this unique metropolitan area allow for rich comparisons of distinctly different campus cultures, and Lyons shows how both student demographics and institutional philosophies determined the pace and trajectory of radicalization. Turning his attention off campus, Lyons highlights the significance of the antiwar Philadelphia Resistance and the antiracist People for Human Rights-Philadelphia's most significant New Left organizations-revealing that the New Left was influenced by both its urban and campus milieus. Combining in-depth archival research, rich personal anecdote, insightful treatment of the ideals that propelled student radicalism, and careful attention to the varied groups that nurtured it, The People of This Generation offers a moving history of urban America during what was perhaps the most turbulent decade in living memory.New LeftPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaHistoryCollege studentsPolitical activityPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaHistory20th centuryRadicalismPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaHistory20th centuryPhiladelphia (Pa.)Politics and government20th centuryAmerican History.American Studies.Books of Regional Interest.Political Science.New LeftHistory.College studentsPolitical activityHistoryRadicalismHistory320.53/09748/1109045Lyons Paul1942-2009.1480443MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787519703321The people of this generation3697090UNINA