{"product_id":"the-essential-mario-savio-robert-cohen-9780520283381","title":"The Essential Mario Savio: Speeches and Writings That Changed America","description":"The Free Speech Movement in Berkeley, California, was pivotal in shaping 1960s America. Led by Mario Savio and other young veterans of the civil rights movement, student activists organized what was to that point the most tumultuous student rebellion in American history. Mass sit-ins, a nonviolent blockade around a police car, occupations of the campus administration building, and a student strike united thousands of students to champion the right of students to free speech and unrestricted political advocacy on campus. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This compendium of influential speeches and previously unknown writings offers insight into and perspective on the disruptive yet nonviolent civil disobedience tactics used by Savio. \u003ci\u003eThe Essential Mario Savio\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect introduction to an American icon and to one of the most important social movements of the post-war period in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Cohen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520283384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520283381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.12h x 6.00w x 0.76d","brand":"Robert Cohen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056220926207,"sku":"9780520283381","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_744da0bf-ebbd-4805-9020-0008ff7ef5a1.jpg?v=1685040164","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-essential-mario-savio-robert-cohen-9780520283381","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}