Encyclopedia of American social movements
By: edited by Immanuel Ness ; foreword by Stephen Eric Bronner and Frances Fox Piven.
Contributors: Ness, Immanuel.
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Armonk, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1557
Subjects: Social movements -- United States -- History -- Encyclopedias.; Social change -- United States -- History -- Encyclopedias.; Social justice -- United States -- History -- encyclopedias.
Genres: Encyclopedias.; encyclopedias.
Description: "A comprehensive range of social movements is treated in 16 broad categories, from civil rights and women to antiwar protests and global justice. Timely entries on the Fair Trade Coffee campaign and the anti-sweatshop movement highlight current issues, while the section on antiwar movements covers everything from early Quaker pacifism to protests of the current U.S. intervention in Iraq. Students researching antebellum abolitionists, the history of gay-rights movements, or the development of conservative American politics will find useful and authoritative information."--"Reference that rocks," American Libraries, May 2005.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.