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02927aam a22003978i 4500 001 F7375E3642BA11E39D01FE8ADAD10320 003 SILO 005 20131101010042 008 130510s2013 nyu 000 0 eng 010 $a 2013014769 020 $a 0809054825 020 $a 9780809054824 (hardback) 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $e rda $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a JK1764 $b .F65 2013 082 00 $a 322.40973/09046 $2 23 100 1 $a Foley, Michael S. 245 10 $a Front porch politics : $b the forgotten heyday of American activism in the 1970s and 1980s / $c Michael Stewart Foley. 264 1 $a New York : $b Hill and Wang, $c 2013. 300 $a 401 pages. 520 $a "An on-the-ground history of ordinary Americans who took to the streets when political issues became personal. It is widely believed that Americans of the 1970s and '80s were exhausted by the upheavals of the '60s and eager to retreat to the private realm. When they did take action, it was mainly to express their disillusionment with government by supporting the right. In fact, as Michael Stewart Foley shows, neither of these assumptions is correct. On the community level, the 1970s and '80s saw vibrant new forms of political activity emerge. Tenants challenged landlords, farmers practiced civil disobedience to protect their land, and laid-off workers asserted a right to own their idled factories. Activists fought to defend the traditional family or to expand the rights of women, while entire towns organized to protest the toxic sludge in their basements. In all these arenas, Americans were propelled by their own experiences into the public sphere. Disregarding conventional ideas of "left" and "right," they turned to political action when they perceived an immediate threat to the safety and security of their families, homes, or dreams. Front Porch Politics is a people's history told through on-the-ground experiences. Recalling crusades famous and forgotten, Foley shows how Americans followed their outrage into the streets. Their distinctive style of visceral, local, and highly personal activism remains a vital resource for the renewal of American democracy"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Political participation $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Protest movements $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Political activists $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Social conditions $y 1945- 651 0 $a United States $x Economic conditions $y 1945- 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1945-1989. 941 $a 6 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417012818.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191214021207.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826082112.0 952 $l D8PD522 $d 20160407022728.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20150210011641.0 952 $l PRAX771 $d 20131203013652.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F7375E3642BA11E39D01FE8ADAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search