Dissent: The History of an American Idea

by Ralph Young

Book Overview

Finalist, 2016 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award One 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 injustices Dissent: The History of an American Idea examines the key role dissent has played in shaping the United States. It focuses on those who, from colonial days to the present, dissented against the ruling paradigm of their time:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147980665X
• ISBN13: 9781479806652
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 2.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.6" x 9.3"