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American Social Movements (All periods)Edited by Immanuel Ness Includes: Topic Finder, A-Z entries, biographical sidebars, original documents, photos, tables, master bibliography Awards: Outstanding Reference Source, Reference and User Services Association (ALA) Best Reference, Library Journal Reviews: “Ness has compiled an extensive history of many major American social movements, including civil rights, labor, anti-war, environmental, gay/lesbian, and women’s liberation. ... Easy-to-read typeface, black-and-white illustrations, an extensive concluding bibliography, and informative sidebars enhance the work’s readability and reference value. ... this work offers students and researchers much useful and easily accessible material.” Library Journal “The first major reference work that seeks to examine social movements in all their complexity, power, and significance, this set expands history by giving voice to the struggles of ordinary people. ... Recommended. Academic libraries.” Choice Description: From abolition and woman suffrage to civil rights, the minimum wage, and the campaigns for clean air and clean water, struggles to mobilize groups to improve society and promote justice are among the enduring themes of American history. Whether one is studying economics, labor, government, politics, current events, or global issues, it is impossible to understand the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries in the United States without understanding the role of social movements. This wide-ranging reference resource examines every significant social movement in American history, covering each movement’s goals, tactics, and effects, as well as its successes and failures. The work also examines the interrelationships among different movements and how they shaped American politics, culture, and society. Written for readers at all levels—but geared directly to the high-school social studies curriculum—Encyclopedia of American Social Movements includes biographical portraits of the leaders and key figures of the nation’s social movements, as well as a wide variety of original documents. Contents: Introduction: American Social Movements Abolition: Humanitarian and Revolutionary Ideas Abolition: Moderate, Radical, and Militant Abortion Rights Movement African-American Women’s Movement, 1865–1920s African-American Women’s Movement, 1930s–1940s African-American Women’s Movement, 1950–Present Agrarian Socialist Movement, 1890s–1920 AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power: The ACT UP Movement Alcoholics Anonymous American Agriculture Movement American Indian Movement Anarchism and the Labor Movement Animal Rights Movement Anti-Apartheid Movement Anti-Catholic Activism Anti-Drug Movement Anti-Gay Rights Legislation Anti-Lynching Movement Antinuclear Movement Antipoverty and Social Welfare Campaigns: Introduction Anti-Preparedness Movement Anti-Rape Movement Anti-Rent Movement, 1830s–1860s Antislavery Movement: Introduction Antislavery Resistance: Overview Antislavery Movement, 1700s–1830s Antislavery Movement, 1830s–1840s Antislavery Movement, 1840s–1850s Antislavery Movement, 1860–1865 Antislavery, North-South Reactions to Anti-Sweatshop Movement Anti-Vice Campaigns, Early Antiwar/Protest Movements: Introduction Antiwar Movement: Overview Antiwar Movement: World War I Antiwar Movement: World War II Antiwar Movement: Vietnam War Antiwar Movement, Twenty-First Century Appropriate Technology Movement Asian-American Movement Birth Control Movement Bisexual Movement: History Black Lung Movement Black Nationalism and the Civil Rights Movement Brookwood Labor College Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Buddhism in America Cannery Workers Movement Civil Rights Movement: Introduction Civil Rights Movement, 1865–1910 Civil Rights Movement, 1910–1930 Civil Rights Movement, 1930–1953 Civil Rights Movement, 1954–1970 Civil Rights Movement, 1970–1990 Civil Rights Movement, 1990–2000 Civil Rights Movement, Twenty-First Century Civil Rights Movement, Racial Violence and the Colorado Cooperative Colony Movement Communist Movement Congress of Racial Equality Conservation Movement, 1880s–1920 Convict Labor, Movement to Abolish Counterculture Movement, 1960s–1970s Disabilities Movement Douglass, Frederick and Antislavery Draft Resisters in Canada During the Vietnam War Eight-Hour Day Movement Environmental Justice Movement Environmental Movement: Introduction Environmental Movement, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Equal Rights Amendment Ethical Culture Movement Ethnic and Group Identity Movements: Introduction Eugenics Fair Trade Coffee Campaign Farm Workers Labor Movement Farmer-Labor Party Farmers’ Alliance Movement Feminist/Lesbian Separatist Movement Free Blacks: Foundations of Polities Free Speech Movement Gage, Matilda Joslyn and Woman Suffrage Garment Workers Movement Garvey, Marcus and the Universal Negro Improvement Association Global Justice Movement: Introduction Global Justice Movement: Overview Grange Movement Gray Panthers Greenbacker Movement, 1870s–1880s Health Food Movement Homeopathy Movement, 1870–Present Hotel and Restaurant Workers Movement Immigrant Exclusion, 1870s–1920s Indian Mascots and Playing Indian Indigenous People and Environmentalism Intentional Communities Knights of Labor Ku Klux Klan Labor Culture Labor Law Labor Movement: Introduction Labor Movement, 1600–1790 Labor Movement, 1790–1860 Labor Movement, 1861–1877 Labor Movement, 1877–1919 Labor Movement, 1920–1934 Labor Movement, 1935–1947 Labor Movement, 1948–1981 Labor Movement and the Vietnam War Labor Movement, 1981–Present Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Movement: Introduction Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Movement, 1870s–1920s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Movement, 1920s–1969 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Movement, 1969–Present Living Wage Movement Mexican Americans and the Chicano Movement Militia Movement Miners’ Movement in the West Missionary Movements Moral Reform Movements: Introduction Moral and Dress Reform Movement, 1800–1869 Moral Reform Movements in Postwar America Mutualista Movement Native American Movement: Introduction Native American Identity and Literature Native American Movement, Colonial Era–1800s Native American Movement, World War I to the Indian New Deal Native American Activism from Alcatraz to NAGPRA Nativist and Extreme Right-Wing Movements: Introduction Nativism, Post–Civil War New Harmony Movement Nonpartisan League, 1915–1920s Nonviolent Direct Action Nonwhite Ethnic Identity Movements Organized Labor, Consumption, and Boycotts Pan-Indianism Movement PATCO and Replacement Workers Pentecostal Movement Poor People’s Movements Popular Health Movement Populist Movement, 1890s Progressive Movement Prohibition and Repeal Prostitution Reform Public Workers Movement Railroad Workers Movement Regulator Movements and Other Rebellions, 1760s–1790s Religious and Utopian Movements: Introduction Religious Movements: Overview Religious Movements, 1730s–1830s Religious Movements, 1830s–1870 Religious Movements, 1870s–Present Rural Social and Political Movements: Introduction Rural Utopian Movements, 1820s–1850s Sacco and Vanzetti Case Senior Citizens Movement Settlement House Movement Social Gospel Movement Southern Exodusters Movement, 1860s–1870s Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union Sovereignty and the Self-Determination Movement Steelworkers Movement Strikes of 1934 Student Movements: Introduction Student Movements: Overview Students for a Democratic Society Movement Syndicalism and the Industrial Workers of the World Tent City Movements Transgender Activism U.S. Indian Policy in the West Unemployed Councils Unemployment Activism Unemployment Movement United Parcel Service Strike Vietnam Antiwar Campus Activism Weatherman Underground Organization Wildcat Strikes Woman Suffrage Movement, 1848–1920 Women and the Anti-Imperialist Movement Women and the Progressive Movement Women’s Cooperative Housekeeping Movement Women’s Home Demonstration Movement, 1920s–1930 Women’s Liberation Movement, 1965–1975 Women’s Movement: Introduction Women’s Movement and Social Activism, 1865–1920 Women’s Movement, 1920–1960 Women’s Movement, 1960–1990 Women’s Movement, 1990–Present Women’s Social Movement, 1800–1869 Women’s Studies Working Women’s Movement, Early Twentieth Century World Trade Organization Protests in Seattle World War I and Civil Liberties YMCA and YWCA |
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