{"product_id":"resisting-reagan-christian-smith-9780226763361","title":"Resisting Reagan: The U.S. Central America Peace Movement","description":"A comprehensive analysis of the U.S. Central America peace movement, \u003ci\u003eResisting Reagan\u003c\/i\u003e explains why more than one hundred thousand U.S. citizens marched in the streets, illegally housed refugees, traveled to Central American war zones, committed civil disobedience, and hounded their political representatives to contest the Reagan administration's policy of sponsoring wars in Nicaragua and El Salvador. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFocusing on the movement's three most important national campaigns--Witness for Peace, Sanctuary, and the Pledge of Resistance--this book demonstrates the centrality of morality as a political motivator, highlights the importance of political opportunities in movement outcomes, and examines the social structuring of insurgent consciousness. Based on extensive surveys, interviews, and research, \u003ci\u003eResisting Reagan\u003c\/i\u003e makes significant contributions to our understanding of the formation of individual activist identities, of national movement dynamics, and of religious resources for political activism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christian Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226763366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226763361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 6.06w x 1.05d","brand":"Christian Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45896400503039,"sku":"9780226763361","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b2fe25aa-a585-4a24-99d7-365de0ab3389.jpg?v=1721371298","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/resisting-reagan-christian-smith-9780226763361","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}