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Finalist, 2016 Ralph Waldo Emerson AwardOne of Bustle's Books For Your Civil Disobedience Reading List Examines the key role dissent has played in shaping the United States, emphasizing the way Americans responded to injusticesDissent: The History of an American Idea examines the key role disse...

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Young, Ralph,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Dissent and America
  • 1. The “Free Aire of a New World”
  • 2. Dissent in an Age of Reason
  • 3. Revolution
  • 4. Discord in the New Republic
  • 5. Slavery and Its Discontents
  • 6. Reformers and Dissidents
  • 7. Expansion and Conflict
  • 8. Dissent Imperils the Union
  • 9. A Nation Divides
  • 10. Liberation and Suppression
  • 11. Protest and Conflict in the West
  • 12. Workers of the World Unite!
  • 13. The New Manifest Destiny
  • 14. Progressives and Radicals
  • 15. Making the World Safe for Democracy
  • 16. Traditionalism Collides with Modernism
  • 17. A New Deal for America
  • 18. The Good War?
  • 19. Dissent in an Age of Conformity
  • 20. Civil Rights: An American Revolution
  • 21. Make Love, Not War
  • 22. Mobilization and Backlash
  • 23. A New Age of Dissent
  • Conclusion: The Arc of Dissent
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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