Voices of Revolution: The Dissident Press in America (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780231122498)

Streitmatter tells the stories of dissident American publications and press movements of the last two centuries, and of the colorful individuals behind them. From publications that fought for the disenfranchised to those that promoted social reform, Voices of Revolution examines the abolitionist and labor press, black power publications of the 1960s, the crusade against the barbarism of lynching, the women's movement, and antiwar journals. Streitmatter also discusses gay and lesbian publications, contemporary on-line journals, and counterculture papers like The Kudzu and The Berkeley Barb that flourished in the 1960s. Voices of Revolution also identifies and discusses some of the distinctive characteristics shared by the genres of the dissident press that rose to prominence--from the early nineteenth century to the late twentieth century.

For far too long, mainstream journalists and even some media scholars have viewed radical, leftist, or progressive periodicals in America as "rags edited by crackpots." However, many of these dissident presses have shaped the way Americans think about social and political issues.

Author: Rodger Streitmatter
ISBN-10: 0231122497
ISBN-13: 9780231122498
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/20/2001
Pages: 340
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.12w x 0.72d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 08/01/2001 pg. 134
Booklist 08/01/2001 pg. 2055
Choice 04/01/2002 pg. 1414
Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/2002 pg. 2 - Strongly Recommended
Library Journal 08/03/2001