History teaches us to resist : how progressive movements have succeeded in challenging times

History teaches us to resist how progressive movements have succeeded in challenging times

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Berry, Mary Frances, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boston : Beacon Press [2018]
Edition:First edition
Subjects:
Protest movements > United States > History.
Government, Resistance to > United States > History.
Political participation > United States > History.
United States > Politics and government.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009623516506719
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: history lessons
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt and the March on Washington movement
  • The movement against the Vietnam War
  • Winning while losing: fighting the Reagan administration
  • The Free South Africa movement
  • A "kinder and gentler" presidency: George Herbert Walker Bush
  • The adaptable president: William Jefferson Clinton
  • Unnatural disasters: the presidency of George W. Bush
  • Conclusion: lessons learned.

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