Todd Gitlin

Occupy Nation (eBook, ePUB)

The Roots, the Spirit, and the Promise of Occupy Wall Street

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Occupy Wall Street is the most dynamic phenomenon in progressive politics in more than forty years. Its followers across the country transformed the national debate, galvanizing millions with its clarion call for economic justice: "We are the 99 percent." In Occupy Nation, bestselling social historian Todd Gitlin offers the first narrative survey of the movementfrom its historic inspirations, to its inner tensions, to its prospects in the months and years to come. He offers a fascinating account of this remarkable phenomenon while casting an informed look at its continuing evolutionand how it needs to proceed to truly make an impact. Informed by Gitlin's own history in the 60s protest movementbut written with both eyes aimed at the futureOccupy Nation is the key book for anyone looking to understand the revolution playing out before our eyes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062200938
• Artikelnr.: 38008669

Autorenporträt

Todd Gitlin is professor of journalism and sociology and chair of the PhD program in communications at Columbia University. He lectures widely on matters relating to OWS and is the author of fourteen previous books about politics, culture, movements, and media, including the bestselling The Sixties. He was a founding member of Students for a Democratic Society and its third president