American Anti-Nuclear Activism, 1975-1990 - The Challenge of Peace

Informationen zum Autor Kyle Harvey is based at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. He was the 2013 C.H. Currey Memorial Fellow at the State Library of New South Wales. Klappentext Looking at national peace organizations alongside lesser-known protest collectives! this book argues that anti-nuclear activists encountered familiar challenges common to other social movements of the late twentieth century. Zusammenfassung Looking at national peace organizations alongside lesser-known protest collectives! this book argues that anti-nuclear activists encountered familiar challenges common to other social movements of the late twentieth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Dynamics of Anti-Nuclear Activism in the Second Cold War 1. Anti-Nuclear Coalitions: Pacifism, Radical Action, and a Rising Atomic Threat 2. Building a Mainstream Movement: Advertising, Publicity, and Image 3. Personal Politics: Radical Feminism, Difference, and Anti-Nuclear Activism 4. Prayer or Protest? Fasting, Nonviolence, and Anti-Nuclear Activism in the 1980s 5. Activism in the Heartland: Local Identities, Community, and 'The Day After,' in Lawrence, Kansas 6. Lifestyle Politics and Participatory Democracy: Communicating Peace across the United States on the Great Peace March Epilogue

List of contents

Introduction: Dynamics of Anti-Nuclear Activism in the Second Cold War 1. Anti-Nuclear Coalitions: Pacifism, Radical Action, and a Rising Atomic Threat 2. Building a Mainstream Movement: Advertising, Publicity, and Image 3. Personal Politics: Radical Feminism, Difference, and Anti-Nuclear Activism 4. Prayer or Protest? Fasting, Nonviolence, and Anti-Nuclear Activism in the 1980s 5. Activism in the Heartland: Local Identities, Community, and 'The Day After,' in Lawrence, Kansas 6. Lifestyle Politics and Participatory Democracy: Communicating Peace across the United States on the Great Peace March Epilogue

Product details

• Authors: K Harvey, K. Harvey
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349492510
• ISBN: 978-1-349-49251-0
• No. of pages: 247
• Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements; Palgrave Studies in the Histor; Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; B, Cultural History, History, Social History, Social & cultural history, History of the Americas, History, Modern, Civilization—History, Palgrave History Collection, Modern History, America—History, Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection, Radiation protection, Radiation—Safety measures, United States—History, US History, Nuclear issues, Radiation Dosimetry and Protection