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Author:

Berry, Mary Frances, author.

Title:

History teaches us to resist : how progressive movements have succeeded in challenging times / Mary Frances Berry.

Publisher:

Beacon Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

222 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Protest movements--United States--History.
Government, Resistance to--United States--History.
Political participation--United States--History.
United States--Politics and government.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: history lessons -- Franklin D. Roosevelt and the March on Washington movement -- The movement against the Vietnam War -- Winning while losing: fighting the Reagan administration -- The Free South Africa movement -- A "kinder and gentler" presidency: George Herbert Walker Bush -- The adaptable president: William Jefferson Clinton -- Unnatural disasters: the presidency of George W. Bush -- Conclusion: lessons learned.

ISBN:

0807005460
9780807005460

OCLC:

(OCoLC)987996199

LCCN:

2017030034

Locations:

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

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)