{"product_id":"people-power-aaron-schutz-9780826520418","title":"People Power: The Community Organizing Tradition of Saul Alinsky","description":"Saul Alinsky, according to \u003ci\u003eTime Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e in 1970, was a \"prophet of power to the people,\" someone who \"has possibly antagonized more people . . . than any other living American.\" \u003ci\u003ePeople Power\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the major organizers who adopted and modified Alinsky's vision across the United States: \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Fred Ross, Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and the Community Service Organization and National Farm Workers Association\u003cbr\u003e --Nicholas von Hoffman and the Woodlawn Organization\u003cbr\u003e --Tom Gaudette and the Northwest Community Organization\u003cbr\u003e --Ed Chambers, Richard Harmon, and the Industrial Areas Foundation\u003cbr\u003e --Shel Trapp, Gale Cincotta, and National People's Action\u003cbr\u003e --Heather Booth, Midwest Academy, and Citizen Action\u003cbr\u003e --Wade Rathke and ACORN\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Weaving classic texts with interviews and their own context-setting commentaries, the editors of \u003ci\u003ePeople Power\u003c\/i\u003e provide the first comprehensive history of Alinsky-based organizing in the tumultuous period from 1955 to 1980, when the key organizing groups in the United States took form. Many of these selections--previously available only on untranscribed audiotapes or in difficult-to-read mimeograph or Xerox formats--appear in print here for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aaron Schutz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826520413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826520418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanderbilt University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.14h x 7.73w x 1.03d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2015","brand":"Aaron Schutz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48517503222015,"sku":"9780826520418","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8d3902c8-a645-4267-ada4-b95b7ad8ea71.jpg?v=1778732023","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/people-power-aaron-schutz-9780826520418","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}