American patriots : a short history of dissent /

A concise history that proves that dissent is patriotic. There have been dissenting Americans for as long as there has been an America. In American Patriots, historian Ralph Young chronicles the key role dissent has played in shaping the United States. He explains that activists are not protesting a...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Young, Ralph, 1942- (Auteur)
Formaat: Licensed eBooks
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: New York : New York University Press, [2024]
Online toegang:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.25968831
Inhoudsopgave:
  • Introduction: Dissent and America
  • 1. Dissent and the shaping of a nation
  • 2. Progressives, reformers, radicals
  • 3. War and its dissidents
  • 4. Culture wars in the jazz age
  • 5. Depression and war
  • 6. Conformity and dissent
  • 7. Civil rights
  • 8. Counterculture
  • 9. Mobilization and Backlash
  • 10. Dissent in a new age
  • 11. Dissent, lies, and insurrection
  • Conclusion: The arc of dissent.