Activist New York : A History of People, Protest, and Politics / / Steven H. Jaffe and Eric Foner |
Autore | Jaffe Steven H. |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : NYU Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 pages) |
Disciplina | 303.484097471 |
Soggetto topico | Social movements - New York (State) - New York |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4798-2865-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- ACTIVIST NEW YORK A History of People, Protest, and Politics -- Copyright -- Title -- Director's Foreword -- Foreword -- Contents -- Introduction -- Colonial and Revolutionary New York: 1624-1783 -- Chapter One Let Us Stay: The Struggle for Religious Freedom in Dutch New Netherland -- Petitioning for Freedom in New Amsterdam -- Chapter Two The Zenger Case: Fighting for Freedom of the Press -- Educating the Enslaved in Colonial New York -- Chapter Three Leather Aprons & Silk Stockings: The Coming of the American Revolution in New York -- Quakers and Post-Revolutionary Reform
Seaport City: 1783-1865 -- Chapter Four Workingmen & Aristocrats: New York's Labor Movement Takes Shape -- "Beware of Foreign Influence": Nativists & Catholics -- Chapter Five Practical Abolitionists: David Ruggles and the New York Committee of Vigilance -- Challenging Segregation in New York's Streets -- Urban Crusaders -- Gilded Age to Progressive Era: 1865-1918 -- Chapter Six "Propaganda by Deed": New York City Anarchists -- Battling the Slums: Housing Investigation and Reform -- Chapter Seven "Inside the Monster": Latino Activism in 19th-Century New York -- Advocating for Migrants of Color Chapter Eight "I Am a Working Girl": Upheaval in the Garment Trades -- Houses of Welcome: The Settlement House Movement -- Socialist Legacies: Housing Cooperatives and the Amalgamated Bank -- Chapter Nine "New York is the Battleground": The Campaign for Woman Suffrage -- Battles over Sexuality and Birth Control -- Midcentury Metropolis: 1918-1960 -- Chapter Ten "The New Negro": Activist Harlem -- To Drink or Not to Drink: Prohibition, Pro and Con -- Defending Civil Liberties: The ACLU -- Chapter Eleven "Art is a Weapon": Activist Theater in the Great Depression -- Confronting Fascism Chapter Twelve A Cold War: Activism and Anti-Communism in New York -- Blacklisting the Weavers -- Refusing to Hide: Anti-Civil Defense Protests -- The Sixties in New York: 1960-1973 -- Chapter Thirteen "Gay is Good": The Rise of Gay Power -- Resisting the Vietnam War -- Women's Liberation in New York -- Chapter Fourteen "Basta Ya!": The Young Lords and Puerto Rican Activism -- From Civil Rights to Black Power -- Asian American Activism -- Urban Crisis and Revival: 1973-2011 -- Chapter Fifteen "Don't Move! Improve!": The New Housing Activists -- "Silence = Death": AIDS Activism Chapter Sixteen "We Are the 99 Percent!": Occupying Wall Street -- A New Era of Activism -- Endnotes -- For Further Reading -- Index -- Image Credits -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910773617903321 |
Jaffe Steven H. | ||
New York, NY : , : NYU Press, , [2018] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Organizing Occupy Wall Street : This is Just Practice / / by Marisa Holmes |
Autore | Holmes Marisa |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (349 pages) |
Disciplina | 303.484097471 |
Collana | Alternatives and Futures: Cultures, Practices, Activism and Utopias |
Soggetto topico |
Human geography
Social justice Ethnology Political sociology Political science Sociology, Urban Human Geography Social Justice Sociocultural Anthropology Political Sociology Political Science Urban Sociology |
ISBN | 981-19-8947-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1- Intergenerational Dialogues -- Chapter 2- The Squares -- Chapter 3- The New York City General Assembly -- Chapter 4- Day One -- Chapter 5- Our Park -- Chapter 6- This Is What Democracy Looks Like -- Chapter 7- Direct Action -- Chapter 8- Media for the 99% -- Chapter 9- Allies -- Chapter 10- Race in OWS -- Chapter 11- Gender in OWS -- Chapter 12- Structure -- Chapter 13- The Eviction -- Chapter 14- Occupy Somewhere -- Chapter 15- Money in the Movement -- Chapter 16- All Our Grievances Are Connected -- Chapter 17- All Roads Lead to Wall Street -- Chapter 18- Occupy the World Social Forum -- Chapter 19- Informal Elites -- Chapter 20-The Founders -- Chapter 21- Power and Leadership -- Chapter 22- Co-option -- Chapter 23- Repression -- Chapter 24- Neo-fascism -- Chapter 25- Conclusion -Building the New Society. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910734859703321 |
Holmes Marisa | ||
Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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