The hidden 1970s [[electronic resource] ] : histories of radicalism / / edited by Dan Berger

• Autore: Berger Dan
• Pubblicazione: New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (318 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.48/4097309047
• Soggetto topico: Radicalism - United States - History - 20th century; Social movements - United States - History - 20th century; Political culture - United States - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States Social conditions 1960-1980
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BergerDan <1981->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Exploding limits in the 1970s / Dan Berger -- Improvising on reality : the roots of prison abolition / Liz Samuels -- Sick of the abuse ; feminist responses to sexual assault, battering, and self-defense / Victoria Law -- "The struggle is for land!" : Race, territory, and national liberation / Dan Berger, with Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz -- Canada's other Red scare : the Anicinabe Park occupation and indigenous decolonization / Scott Rutherford -- "A line of steel" : the organization of the sixth Pan-African Congress and the struggle for international black power, 1969-1974 / Fanon Che Wilkins -- How indigenous peoples wound up at the United Nations / Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz -- "Hit them harder" : leadership, solidarity, and the Puerto Rican independence movement / Meg Starr -- Unorthodox Leninism : workplace organizing and anti-imperialist solidarity in the Sojourner Truth Organization / Michael Staudenmaier -- Play as world-making : from the Cockettes to the Germs, gay liberation to DIY community building / Benjamin Shepard -- "We want justice!" : police murder, Mexican American community response, and the Chicano movement / Brian D. Behnken -- Rising up : poor, white, and angry in the New Left / James Tracy -- Movement for a new society : consensus, prefiguration, and direct action / Andrew Cornell -- Hard to find : building for nonviolent revolution and the pacifist underground / Matt Meyer and Paul Magno -- "The original gangster" : the life and times of Red Power activist Madonna Thunder Hawk / Elizabeth Castle.
• Sommario/riassunto: The 1970's were a complex, multilayered, and critical part of a long era of profound societal change and an essential component of the decade before-several of the most iconic events of "the sixties" occurred in the ten years that followed. The Hidden 1970's explores the distinctiveness of those years, a time when radicals tried to change the world as the world changed around them. This powerful collection is a compelling assessment of left-wing social movements in a period many have described as dominated by conservatism or confusion. Scholars examine critical and largely buried legacies of the 1970's. The decade of Nixon's fall and Reagan's rise also saw widespread indigenous militancy, prisoner uprisings, transnational campaigns for self-determination, pacifism, and queer theories of play as political action. Contributors focus on diverse topics, including the internationalization of Black Power and Native sovereignty, organizing for Puerto Rican independence among Latinos and whites, and women's self-defense. Essays and ideas trace the roots of struggles from the 1960's through the 1970's, providing fascinating insight into the myriad ways that radical social movements shaped American political culture in the 1970's and the many ways they continue to do so today.
• Titolo autorizzato: The hidden 1970s
• ISBN: 1-283-86422-3; 0-8135-5033-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464068203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II