Social Movements of the 1960s
Social Movements of the 1960s

Author: Stewart Burns

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780805797381

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America was irrevocably changed by the 1960s civil rights, anti-war and feminist movements. This study examines them side by side, revealing their interdependence, common grassroots origins and cumulative impact. Burns clarifies how the struggle for black equality helped empower other causes and how the New Left gave rise to the peace movements as it fueled the tumultuous counterculture. He traces the history of each movement and makes conclusions about leadership, electoral politics and coalition-building.

Social Controversy and Public Address in the 1960s and Early 1970s
Social Controversy and Public Address in the 1960s and Early 1970s

Author: Richard J. Jensen

Publisher: MSU Press

Published: 2017-10-01

Total Pages: 668

ISBN-13: 1628953004

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The period between the 1960s and 1970s is easily one of the most controversial in American history. Examining the liberal movements of the era as well as those that opposed them, this volume offers analyses of the rhetoric of leaders, including those of the civil rights movement, the Chicano movement, the gay rights movement, second-wave feminism, and conservative resistance groups. It also features an introduction that summarizes much of the significant research done by communication scholars on dissent in the 1960s and 1970s. This time period is still a fertile area of study, and this book provides insights into the era that are both provocative and illuminating, making it an essential read for anyone looking to learn more about this time in America.

Media and Revolt
Media and Revolt

Author: Kathrin Fahlenbrach

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2014-02-01

Total Pages: 431

ISBN-13: 0857459996

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In what ways have social movements attracted the attention of the mass media since the sixties? How have activists influenced public attention via visual symbols, images, and protest performances in that period? And how do mass media cover and frame specific protest issues? Drawing on contributions from media scholars, historians, and sociologists, this volume explores the dynamic interplay between social movements, activists, and mass media from the 1960s to the present. It introduces the most relevant theoretical approaches to such issues and offers a variety of case studies ranging from print media, film, and television to Internet and social media.

Signs of Change
Signs of Change

Author: Dara Greenwald

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781904859864

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"Drawn from an exhibition at Exit Art, a cultural center in New York City, Signs of change is a visual archive of more than 350 posters, prints, photographs, films, videos, music, and ephemera from more than twenty-five nations. Surveying the creative work of dozens of international movements, from the do-it-yourself graphics and media of the 1960s to today's instantaneous digital technologies, it investigates the themes and representations of global struggles for equality, democracy, freedom, and basic human rights. This groundbreaking work illustrates the extraordinary aesthetic range of radical movements during the past fifty years and explores the rise of powerful countercultures that evolve beyond traditional politics, creating distinct forms of art, lifestyles, and social organizations"--Page 4 of cover.

Waves of Protest
Waves of Protest

Author: Jo Freeman

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 9780847687480

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This book updates and adds to the classic Social Movements of the Sixties and Seventies, showing how social movement theory has grown and changed_from an earlier emphasis on collective behavior, to the resource mobilization approach, and currently to analyses that emphasize culture, ideology, and collective identity. Top social scientists combine insiders' insights with critical analyses to examine a wide variety of social movements active in the most recent U.S. cycle of protest. Waves of Protest is a must-read for students of social movements, social change, political sociology, and American studies.

Transnational Protest, Australia and the 1960s
Transnational Protest, Australia and the 1960s

Author: Jon Piccini

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-05-09

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1137529148

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Australia is rarely considered to have been a part of the great political changes that swept the world in the 1960s: the struggles of the American civil rights movement, student revolts in Europe, guerrilla struggles across the Third World and demands for women’s and gay liberation. This book tells the story of how Australian activists from a diversity of movements read about, borrowed from, physically encountered and critiqued overseas manifestations of these rebellions, as well as locating the impact of radical visitors to the nation. It situates Australian protest and reform movements within a properly global – and particularly Asian – context, where Australian protestors sought answers, utopias and allies. Dramatically broadens our understanding of Australian protest movements, this book presents them not only as manifestations of local issues and causes but as fundamentally tied to ideas, developments and personalities overseas, particularly to socialist states and struggles in near neighbours like Vietnam, Malaysia and China.'Jon Piccini is Research and Teaching Fellow at The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. His research interests include the history of human rights and social histories of international student migration.'

Speaking Out
Speaking Out

Author: Heather Ann Thompson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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Speaking Out : Activism and Protest in the 1960s and 1970sis a collection of readings profiling 21 different activist movements that came of age in the 60s and 70s. Each book chapter is written by recognized scholars who have studied and written about these movements in depth and is followed by primary source documents that they have chosen to provide additional insight into each movement. The chapters not only offer a comprehensive overview of the most important social and political activist groups of these two decades, but they also locate each group's complex origins, strengths, weaknesses, and legacy. As these authors make clear, the activist groups of this period each had their share of successes and each made their share of mistakes and miscalculations. Thus, together, they left a most complicated legacy for future generations.

Student Movements of the 1960s
Student Movements of the 1960s

Author: Alexander Cruden

Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC

Published: 2012-08-22

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0737766360

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This fascinating volume explores the historical and cultural events leading up to and following the student movements of the 1960s. Readers will learn about issues surrounding the goals of the activists, black power, feminism, and the role of drugs and music. This book also includes personal narratives from people who experienced the student movements of the 1960s. Essay sources include Lyndon B. Johnson, Kathie Sarachild, Kathryn Jean Lopez, and the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities. Personal narratives include a girl's experience of feminism in the sixties, and Mario Savio's tense words about the California students who were facing trial.

Civil Rights, the 1960s Freedom Struggle
Civil Rights, the 1960s Freedom Struggle

Author: Rhoda Lois Blumberg

Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780805797343

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In this book Blumberg offers an overview of the struggle from a sociological perspective. Praised in 1984 as an "especially fine introduction" to the movement, her volume now has been expanded to incorporate the most recent scholarship and historical data. Blumberg surveys the modern civil rights movement in its entirety, from its origins and first accomplishements, to success, crisis, and decline. She first provides background on the history of African-American protest, from slavery through the first half of the twentieth century. She then covers the growth of the modern civil rights movement, vividly recounting the struggle for voting rights, the transition to black power, white backlash, and other topics.

Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out

Author: Timothy Leary

Publisher: Ronin Publishing

Published: 2009-04-01

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13: 1579511058

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Written in the psychedelic era, Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out is Timothy Leary at his best, beckoning with humor and irreverence, a vision of individual empowerment, personal responsibility, and spiritual awakening. Includes: Start Your Own Religion Education as an Addictive Process Soul Session Buddha as Drop-Out Mad Virgin of Psychedelia God's Secret Agent o Homage to Huxley The Awe-Ful See-Er o The Molecular Revolution MIT is TIM Backwards Neurological Politics "Trickster is a major figure in American Indian folk Wisdom. Also in Sufi Tales … a certain type of "rascal"-with a grin and a wink (and wisdom beyond wisdom) … in the Zen tradition this is known as the School of Crazy Wisdom … Timothy Leary-in his own inimitable way-has become the twentieth century's grand master of crazy wisdom …" - Dr. Jeffrey Mishlove