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Encyclopedia of American Social Movements
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Description: From abolition and woman suffrage, to civil rights and the minimum wage, to 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 and twentieth centuries without understanding the role of social movements in the United States.
This four-volume set examines every significant social movement in American history, covering each movement's goals, tactics, and impact, as well as its successes and failures. The set also examines the interrelationships among different movements, and how they shaped American politics, culture, and society. Written for readers at all levels, and geared directly to the high school social studies curriculum, Encyclopedia of American Social Movements provides biographical portraits of all the key figures and leaders of the nation's social movements and also includes a wide variety of original documents.
Selected Contents:
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Antislavery Movement
Introduction
Antislavery Movement, 1700s-1830s
Antislavery Movement, 1830s-1840s
Antislavery Movement, 1840s-1850s
Antislavery Movement, 1860-1865
Abolition: Humanitarian and Revolutionary Ideas
Moderate, Radical, and Militant Abolition
Frederick Douglass and Antislavery
Free Blacks: Foundations of Polities
Antislavery Resistance: An Overview
North-South Reactions to Antislavery
2. Civil Rights Movement
Introduction
Civil Rights Movement, 1865-1910
Movement to Abolish Convict Labor
Anti-lynching Movement
Civil Rights Movement, 1910-1930
Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association Movement
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Civil Rights Movement, 1930-1953
Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1970
Nonviolent Direct Action
Congress of Racial Equality
Civil Rights Movement, 1970-1990
Racial Violence and the Civil Rights Movement
Black Nationalism and the Civil Rights Movement
Anti-Apartheid Movement
Civil Rights Movement, 1990-2000
Civil Rights Movement, Twenty-First Century
3. Women's Movement
Introduction
Women's Social Movement, 1800-1869
Moral and Dress Reform Movement, 1800-1869
Matilda Joslyn Gage and Women's Suffrage History
Popular Health Movement
Women's Cooperative Housekeeping Movement
Woman Suffrage Movement, 1848-1920
Women's Movement and Social Activism, 1865-1920
African-American Women's Movement, 1865-1920s
Women and Progressive Movement
Women and Anti-Imperialist Movement
Working Women's Movement, Early Twentieth Century
Birth Control Movement
Women's Movement, 1920-1960
Equal Rights Amendment
Abortion Rights Movement
African-American Women's Movement, 1930s-1940s
African-American Women's Movement, 1950-Present
Women's Movement, 1960-1990
Women's Studies Movement
Women's Liberation Movement, 1965-1975
Women's Movement, 1990-Present
Feminist/Lesbian Separatism Movement
Anti-Rape Movement
4. Labor Movement
Introduction
Labor Movement, 1600-1790
Labor Movement, 1790-1860
Labor Movement, 1861-1877
Knights of Labor
Miner's Movement in the West
Anarchism and the Labor Movement
Labor Movement, 1877-1919
Eight-Hour Day Movement
Syndicalism and the Industrial Workers of the World
Railroad Workers Movement
Steel Workers Movement
Garment Workers Movement
Labor Movement, 1920-1934
Communist Movement
Sacco and Vanzetti
Unemployment Movement
Unemployed Councils
Strikes of 1934
Brookwood Labor College
Labor Movement, 1935-1947
Labor Law
Cannery Workers Movement
Labor Movement, 1948-1981
Public Workers Movement
Labor Movement and the Vietnam War
Black Lung Movement
Labor Movement, 1981-Present
PATCO and Replacement Workers
UPS Strike
Hotel and Restaurant Workers Movement
Wildcat Strikes
Organized Labor, Consumption, and Boycotts
Labor Culture
5. Native American Movement
Introduction
Native American Movement, Colonial Era-1800s
Native American Movement, World War I to Indian New Deal
Rise and Repression o the American Indian Movement
Treaty Rights and Indian Activism from Alcatraz to NAGPRA
Pan Indianism Movement
Sovereignty and Self Determination Movement in the Twenty-First Century
Identity, Mascots, and Playing Indian
Indigenous People and Environmentalism
Struggle for the West: U.S. Indian Policy from Sand Creek to Wounded Knee
Identity and Literature
6. Rural, Social, and Political Movements
Introduction
Regulator Movements and Other Rebellions, 1760s-1790s
Anti-Rent Movement, 1830s
Southern Exodusters Movement, 1860s-1870s
Grange Movement
Famers' Alliance Movement
Greenbacker Movement, 1870s-1880s
Populist Movement, 1890s
Agrarian Socialist Movement, 1890s-1920
Nonpartisan League, 1915-1920s
Women's Home Demonstration Movement, 1920's-1930
Southern Tenant Farmers' Union
Farmer-Labor Party
Farm Workers Labor Movement
American Agriculture Movement
7. Moral Reform Movements
Introduction
Moral Reform Movements in Post-War America
Prostitution Reform
Early Anti-Vice Campaigns
Prohibition and Repeal
Anti-Drug Movement
Progressive Movement
Eugenics Movement
Alcoholics Anonymous
8. Religious, Utopian, and Health Movements
Introduction
Religious Movements, Overview
Religious Movements, 1730s-1830s
Religious Movements, 1830s-1870
Religious Movements, 1870s-Present
Social Gospel Movement
Missionary Movements
YMCA-YWCA
Rural Utopian Movements, 1820s-1850s
New Harmony Movement
Pentecostalist Movement
Colorado Cooperative Colony Movement
Homeopathy Movement, 1870-Present
American Intentional Communities
Ethical Culture Movement
Health Food Movement
Counterculture Movement, 1960s-1970s
American Buddhism
9. Antiwar/Protest Movements
Introduction
Antiwar Movement: Historical Essay
Anti-Preparedness Movement
Antiwar Movement: World War I
World War I and Civil Liberties
Antiwar Movement: World War II
Antiwar Movement: Vietnam War
Draft Resisters in Canada during the Vietnam War
Contemporary Antiwar Movement
10. Radical and Poor People's Movements
Introduction
Radical and Poor People's Movements: An Overview
Settlement House Movement
The Unemployed Organize
Tent City Movements
11. Student Movements
Introduction
History of Student Movements
Students for a Democratic Society Movement
Free Speech Movement
Vietnam Antiwar Campus Activism
Weatherman Underground Organization
12. Ethnic and Group Identity Movements
Introduction
Nonwhite Ethnic Identity Movements
Mexican Americans and the Chicano Movement
Asian American Movement
Mutualista Movement
Gray Panthers Movement
Senior Citizens Movement
Disabilities Movement
13. Environmental Movement
Introduction
Environmental Movement, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Conservation Movement, 1880s-1920
Antinuclear Movement
Environmental Justice Movement
Animal Rights Movement
Appropriate Technology Movement
14. 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
Referenda and the Anti-Gay Rights Movement
Bisexual Movement: A Brief History
AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power: The ACT-UP Movement
Transgender Activism
15. Conservative, Nativist, and Right Wing Movements
Introduction
Conservative and Right Wing Movements
Women and the Conservative Movement, 1933-Present
Immigrant Exclusion Movement, 1870s-1920s
Post-Civil War Nativism Movement
Anti-Catholicism Activism
Ku Klux Klan
Militia Movement
16. Global Justice Movement
Introduction
Global Justice Movement Overview
Living Wage Movement
Protests Against the World Trade Organization in Seattle
Anti-Sweatshop Movement
Fair Trade Coffee Campaign
Bibliography
General Index
Biographical Index
Review(s): 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
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
Scholars will find this reference useful, but it is intended for a broader audience. It is the best work of its kind, and high school and university libraries should consider it for their collections. American Reference Books Annual, Vol. 36
...the Encyclopedia is a substantial piece of academic work that will be ideally suited to a university library. ... all sections should support specific undergraduate modules and general teaching on American society as well as postgraduate research. The Encyclopedia is likely to become an essential reference for these subjects. Reference Reviews, Vol.19, No.6
    
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