LEADER 04840nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910787519703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8122-0268-6 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812202687 035 $a(CKB)2670000000418309 035 $a(OCoLC)859161120 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10748623 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000981239 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11532955 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000981239 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10970275 035 $a(PQKB)10842876 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse29821 035 $a(DE-B1597)449124 035 $a(OCoLC)1013962503 035 $a(OCoLC)979591619 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812202687 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442191 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10748623 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL682414 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442191 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000418309 100 $a20021220d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe people of this generation$b[electronic resource] $ethe rise and fall of the New Left in Philadelphia /$fPaul Lyons 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-51132-2 311 $a0-8122-3715-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [233]-267) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction: The Movement and the City of Brotherly Love --$t1 The Old Left and the 1960's --$t2 The Quaker Schools --$t3 The Catholic Schools --$t4 From Subway School to Ivy League --$t5 The Beloved Community Goes to War --$t6 The Politics of White Antiracism: People for Human Rights --$t7 The Rise and Fall of the New Left --$tNotes --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aAt 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. 606 $aNew Left$zPennsylvania$zPhiladelphia$xHistory 606 $aCollege students$xPolitical activity$zPennsylvania$zPhiladelphia$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aRadicalism$zPennsylvania$zPhiladelphia$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aPhiladelphia (Pa.)$xPolitics and government$y20th century 610 $aAmerican History. 610 $aAmerican Studies. 610 $aBooks of Regional Interest. 610 $aPolitical Science. 615 0$aNew Left$xHistory. 615 0$aCollege students$xPolitical activity$xHistory 615 0$aRadicalism$xHistory 676 $a320.53/09748/1109045 700 $aLyons$b Paul$f1942-2009.$01480443 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787519703321 996 $aThe people of this generation$93697090 997 $aUNINA