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Author:

Harvey, Kyle, 1983- author.

Title:

American anti-nuclear activism, 1975-1990 : the challenge of peace / Kyle Harvey, Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University, Australia.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xii, 221 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

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.
HISTORY--North America.
HISTORY--United States--20th Century.
HISTORY--20th Century.--20th Century.
HISTORY--Social History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: -- 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 -- Lifestyle Politics and Participatory Democracy: Communicating Peace across the United States on the Great Peace March -- Epilogue.

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.

Series:

Palgrave studies in the history of social movements

ISBN:

1137432837
9781137432834

OCLC:

(OCoLC)881656027

LCCN:

2014026516

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)