People Power: History, Organizing, and Larry Goodwyn's Democratic Vision in the Twenty-First Century by Hogan, Wesley C.

People Power: History, Organizing, and Larry Goodwyn's Democratic Vision in the Twenty-First Century (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813068473)

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People Power: History, Organizing, and Larry Goodwyn's Democratic Vision in the Twenty-First Century by Hogan, Wesley C.

People Power: History, Organizing, and Larry Goodwyn's Democratic Vision in the Twenty-First Century

$35.00
People Power: History, Organizing, and Larry Goodwyn's Democratic Vision in the Twenty-First Century by Hogan, Wesley C.

People Power: History, Organizing, and Larry Goodwyn's Democratic Vision in the Twenty-First Century

$35.00
Format: Paperback
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Featuring contributions from leading scholar-activists, People Power demonstrates how the lessons of history can inform the building of new social justice movements today. This volume is inspired by the pathbreaking life and work of writer, activist, and historian Lawrence "Larry" Goodwyn.

As a radical Texas journalist and a political organizer, Goodwyn participated in historic changes ushered in by grassroots activism in the 1950s and '60s. Professor and cofounder of the Oral History Program at Duke University, Goodwyn wrote about movements built by Latino farm workers, Polish trade unionists, civil rights activists, and others who challenged the status quo. The essays in this volume examine Goodwyn's influence in political and social movements, his approaches to teaching and writing, and his insights into the long history behind contemporary activism.

People Power will generate deep discussions about the potential of democracy amid the multiple crises of our time. What motivates ordinary people to move from kitchen table conversations to civic engagement? What do the chronicles of past social movements tell us about how to confront the real blocks of racism and the idea that Americans are somehow "exceptional"? Contributors provide key experiential knowledge that will help today's scholars and community organizers address these pressing questions.

Contributors:

Donnel Baird Charles C. Bolton William Chafe Ernesto Cort s Jr. Marsha J. Tyson Daring Benj DeMott Scott Ellsworth Faulkner Fox Elise Goldwasser Wade Goodwyn William Greider Jim Hightower Wesley C. Hogan Wendy Jacobs Thelma Kithcart Max Krochmal Connie L. Lester Adam Lioz Andrew Neather Paul Ortiz Gunther Peck Timothy B. Tyson G. C. Waldrep Lane Windham Peter H. Wood

Author: Wesley C. Hogan
ISBN-10: 0813068479
ISBN-13: 9780813068473
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Language: English
Published: 07/20/2021
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2022

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