The Radical Reader: The Incredible Hunyuan Breakthrough - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565846826 ISBN 13: 9781565846821

Verlag: NEW PR, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

Key documents illustrate the richness of the American radical tradition. Radicalism is as American as apple pie. One can scarcely imagine what American society would look like without the abolitionists, feminists, socialists, union organizers, civil-rights workers, gay and lesbian activists, and environmentalists who have fought stubbornly to breathe life into the promises of freedom and equality that lie at the heart of American democracy. The first anthology of its kind, The Radical Reader brings together more than 200 primary documents in a comprehensive collection of the writings of America's native radical tradition. Spanning the time from the colonial period to the twenty-first century, the documents have been drawn from a wealth of sourcesspeeches, manifestos, newspaper editorials, literature, pamphlets, and private letters. From Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" to Kate Millett's "Sexual Politics," these are the documents that sparked, guided, and distilled the most influential movements in American history. Brief introductory essays by the editors provide a rich biographical and historical context for each selection included. Includes:
Common Sense, Thomas Paine
Second Inaugural Address, Abraham Lincoln
Confession, Nat Turner
Last Speech to the Jury, John Brown
Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, Sarah Grimke
Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, Seneca Falls Convention
Life in the Iron Mills, Rebecca Harding Davis
Speech to Striking Coal Miners, Mother Jones
Letter from Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Ballot or the Bullet, Malcolm X
The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan
Silent Spring, Rachel Carson

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Timothy Patrick McCarthy teaches in the Department of History and Literature at Harvard University. He is a contributing writer and editor to 'DoubleTake'. John C. McMillan is presently working with Manning Marable assembling 'Voices of the Black Experience', and is co-editing a collection of original essays on the New Left with Paul Buhle.

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• Verlag: NEW PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1565846826
• ISBN 13: 9781565846821
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 688
• Herausgeber: McCarthy Timothy Patrick, McMillan John C.
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