Gordon, Linda 1940- creator text bibliography nyu 2025 First edition. monographic eng

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515 pages : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm "How do social movements arise, wield power, and decline? Renowned scholar Linda Gordon investigates these questions in a groundbreaking work, narrating the stories of many of America's most influential twentieth-century social movements. Beginning with the turn-of-the-century settlement house movement, Gordon then scrutinizes the 1920s Ku Klux Klan and its successors, the violent American fascist groups of the 1930s. Profiles of two Depression-era movements follow--the Townsend campaign that brought us Social Security and the creation of unemployment aid. Proceeding then to the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott, which inspired the civil rights movement and launched Martin Luther King Jr.'s career, the narrative barrels into the 1960s-70s with Cesar Chavez's farmworkers' union. The concluding chapter illumines the 1970s women's liberation movement through the dramatic story of the Boston-area organizations Bread and Roses and the Combahee River Collective. Separately and together, these seven chapters animate American history, reminding us of the power of collective activism."-- Publisher description Creating free spaces : the Settlement House Movement and Two Janes From Ku Klux Klan to American fascists, 1920s-1930s Trustees of the nation : the campaign for old-age pensions Shareholders in relief : the Unemployed Movement in the 1930s Leadership and followership : the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-1956 Leadership and followership continued : the United Farm Workers Union Consciousness-raising as activism : intersectionality in practice Epilogue. The genius and mystery of social movements Linda Gordon. Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-496) and index. n-us--- Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) History Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) Historia United Farm Workers History Trabajadores Agrícolas Unidos Historia Social movements United States History 20th century Movimientos sociales Estados Unidos Historia Siglo XX Social change United States History 20th century Cambio social Estados Unidos Historia Siglo XX Social justice United States History 20th century Justicia social Estados Unidos Historia Siglo XX Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956 Boicot de autobuses de Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama) 1955-1956 Feminism United States History 20th century Feminismo Historia Estados Unidos HN 57 G663s 2025 303.48/40973 9781631493713 (hardcover) 163149371X (hardcover) 2025410949 GCmBT 250218 20260724130510.0 in00024406571 eng