Encyclopedia of American Social Movements

by Immanuel Ness

Overview

This four-volume set examines every social movement in American history - from the great struggles for abolition, civil rights, and women's equality to the more specific quests for prohibition, consumer safety, unemployment insurance, and global justice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317471882
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/17/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1852
File size:	47 MB
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About the Author

Immanuel Ness

Table of Contents

VOLUME 1, Contributors, Foreword, Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1. Antislavery Movement, 2. Civil Rights Movement, 3. Women’s Movement, VOLUME 2, 4. Labor Movement, 5. Native American Movement, VOLUME 3, 6. Rural, Social, and Political Movements, 7. Moral Reform Movements, 8. Religious, Utopian, and Health Movements, 9. Antiwar/Protest Movements, 10. Radical and Poor People’s Movements, VOLUME 4, 11. Student Movements, 12. Ethnic and Group Identity Movements, 13. Environmental Movement, 14. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Movement, 15. Conservative, Nativist, and Right-Wing Movements, 16. Global Justice Movement

Editorial Reviews

Aiming to be "comprehensive, authoritative and balanced," Ness (Encyclopedia of American Immigration) has compiled an extensive history of many major American social movements, including civil rights, labor, anti-war, environmental, gay/lesbian, and women's liberation. The essays are not organized in any special order; the longest surveys the civil rights movement from its antislavery beginnings, filling much of the first volume. Each essay concludes with a bibliography and each volume includes a general index that references the text of the entire set. Easy-to-read typeface, black-and-white illustrations, an extensive concluding bibliography, and informative sidebars enhance the work's readability and reference value. It will prove most useful for hard-to-find information on lesser-known movements such as anti-drug; appropriate technology; disabilities; bisexual; and transgender activism. The major social movements are already covered extensively in subject encyclopedias and numerous monographs. Important material not included here can be found in Neil A. Hamilton's Rebels and Renegades: A Chronology of Social and Political Dissent in the United States, which contains a useful timeline, and Biographical Dictionary of American Labor, which offers numerous profiles. Bottom Line Although it neglects or only briefly mentions Jewish student activism and Catholic liberal and conservative political organizations, (Nativist, anti-Jewish, and anti- Catholic movements, however, are covered.), this work offers students and researchers much useful and easily accessible material.-Donald Altschiller, Boston Univ. Libs. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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