Rethinking the New Left: An Interpretative History (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781403966940)

Gosse, one of the foremost historians of the American postwar left, has crafted an engaging and concise synthetic history of the varied movements and organizations that have been placed under the broad umbrella known as the New Left. As one reader notes, gosse 'has accomplished something difficult and rare, if not altogether unique, in providing a studied and moving account of the full array of protest movements - from civil rights and Black Power, to student and antiwar protest, to women's and gay liberation, to Native American, Asian American, and Puerto Rican activism - that defined the American sixties as an era of powerfully transformative rebellions...His is a 'big-tent' view that shows just how rich and varied 1960s protest was.' In contrast to most other accounts of this subject, the SDS and white male radicals are taken out of the center of the story and placed more toward its margins. A prestigious project from a highly respected historian, The New Left in the United States, 1955-1975 will be a must-read for anyone interested in American politics of the postwar era.

Author: V. Gosse
ISBN-10: 140396694X
ISBN-13: 9781403966940
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 10/13/2005
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.40w x 0.80d