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Summary:

"American Anti-Nuclear Activism, 1975-1990 is a history of a series of anti-nuclear campaigns that took place in the United States in later years of the Cold War. Looking at national peace organizations alongside lesser-known protest collectives, it argues that anti-nuclear activists encountered familiar challenges common to other social movements of the late twentieth century. In these pivotal years, when anti-nuclear sentiment enjoyed a massive public profile, activists debated how to mobilize public support, maintain a successful public profile, and remain effective in their efforts. In an era marked by conservatism and the waning of the Cold War, these debates were especially important. By focusing on anti-nuclear campaigns as diverse as the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign, Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament, SANE, the Fast for Life, Mobilization for Survival, the Women's Pentagon Action, the Great Peace March, and others, this book demonstrates the complexity and vitality of a wide range of individuals, groups, and organizations who came together to save the world from nuclear devastation"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Dynamics of Anti-Nuclear Activism in the Second Cold War
• Anti-Nuclear Coalitions: Pacifism, Radical Action, and a Rising Atomic Threat
• Building a Mainstream Movement: Advertising, Publicity, and Image
• Personal Politics: Radical Feminism, Difference, and Anti-Nuclear Activism
• Prayer or Protest? Fasting, Nonviolence, and Anti-Nuclear Activism in the 1980s
• Activism in the heartland: local identities, community, and the day after in Lawrence, Kansas
• Lifestyle Politics and Participatory Democracy: Communicating Peace across the United States on the Great Peace March
• Epilogue.

Author/Creator:

Harvey, Kyle, 1983-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

American anti-nuclear activism, 1975-1990: the challenge of peace [by Harvey, K.]

Related Series:

Palgrave studies in the history of social movements

Subjects:

Antinuclear movement — United States — History — 20th century

Peace movements — United States — History — 20th century

Pressure groups — United States — History — 20th century

Nuclear disarmament — United States

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

JZ5584.U6 H37 2014eb

ISBNs:

9781137432841 (electronic bk.)
1137432845 (electronic bk.)
9781137432834 (hardback) [Invalid]
1137432837 (hardback) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

894030635

Other Control Numbers:

EBC1837239 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp11833563