Political Protest and Cultural Revolution: Nonviolent Direct Action in the 1970s and 1980s

by Barbara Epstein

Book Overview

From her perspective as both participant and observer, Barbara Epstein examines the nonviolent direct action movement which, inspired by the civil rights movement, flourished in the United States from the mid-seventies to the mid-eighties. Disenchanted with the politics of both the mainstream and the organized left, and deeply committed to forging communities based on shared values, activists in this movement developed a fresh, philosophy and style...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520070100
• ISBN13: 9780520070103
• Release Date: March 1991
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"