{"product_id":"people-power-aaron-schutz-9780826520425","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: \u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeaving 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 0826520421\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826520425\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 Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.85h x 7.50w x 0.84d","brand":"Aaron Schutz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926599008511,"sku":"9780826520425","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1729c38c-98e5-4be8-8f0a-e5849e1d64d6.jpg?v=1681083976","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/people-power-aaron-schutz-9780826520425","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}