American Radicalism

by Pope, Daniel

• ISBN13: 9780631218999
• ISBN10: 0631218998
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-08
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

This collection contains ten of the best scholarly essays on significant events and figures over the last two hundred years of the radical tradition in American history. Arranged chronologically, each chapter contains an introduction and one major article, plus four primary documents that bring to vivid life the ideas and people involved in particular radical struggles. Concise introductions to all articles and documents, chronologies, and suggested reading lists place this book at the forefront of student guides to American Radicalism.

Author Biography

Daniel Pope is Associate Professor and Department Head of History at the University of Oregon. He is the author of The Making of Modern Advertising (1983), and was a Fulbright Senior Lecturer at the University of Rome in 1996.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface	xi
Introduction: The Nature and Significance of Radicalism in American History	1	(14)
Riot and Radicalism in the American Revolution	15	(35)
Chronology	15	(1)
Introduction to the Article	16	(2)
Food Rioters and the American Revolution	18	(24)
Barbara Clark Smith
Documents	42	(7)
Introduction to the Documents	42	(1)
Letter to Maryland Council of Safety about Salt Monopolizers	43	(3)
Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams	46	(1)
Broadside, Philadelphia	47	(1)
Satirical ``Old Women's Petition'' against Tea Boycott	48	(1)
Suggested Reading	49	(1)
Women's Networks and Women's Protest	50	(2)
Chronology	50	(1)
Introduction to the Article	51	(1)
The Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention: A Study of Social Networks	52	(36)
Judith Wellman
Documents	73	(13)
Introduction to the Documents	73	(1)
``Declaration of Sentiments''	74	(4)
Seneca Falls
``Reminiscences''	78	(2)
Emily Collins
``The Rights of Women''	80	(2)
Frederick Douglass
``The Solitude of Self''	82	(4)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Suggested Reading	86	(2)
Violence and Manliness in the Struggle Against Slavery	88	(35)
Chronology	88	(1)
Introduction to the Article	89	(1)
Blacks, John Brown, and a Theory of Manhood	90	(23)
Daniel C. Littlefield
Documents	113	(8)
Introduction to the Documents	113	(1)
Speech Appealing for Violent Resistance	114	(3)
Henry Highland Garnet
``The True Remedy for the Fugitive Slave Bill''	117	(1)
Frederick Douglass
African-American Women's Letter to Mary Brown	117	(3)
African-American Tribute to John Brown	120	(1)
Suggested Reading	121	(2)
Chicago's Anarchists and the Haymarket Bombing	123	(47)
Chronology	123	(1)
Introduction to the Article	124	(2)
From Beyond the Martyrs: A Social History of Chicago's Anarchists	126	(33)
Bruce C. Nelson
Documents	159	(8)
Introduction to the Documents	159	(1)
``Parsons' Plea for Anarchy''	160	(2)
Speech to the Trial Court	162	(2)
George Engel
Haymarket ``Revenge!'' Circular and Harper's	164	(3)
Weekly Engraving
Anarchy and Anarchists	167	(2)
Michael J. Schaack
Suggested Reading	169	(1)
Southern Populism, Interracial Alliances, and Racist Violence	170	(30)
Chronology	170	(1)
Introduction to the Article	171	(2)
Populist Dreams and Negro Rights: East Texas as a Case Study	173	(18)
Lawrence C. Goodwyn
Documents	191	(8)
Introduction to the Documents	191	(1)
``The Negro Question in the South''	192	(4)
Tom Watson
An African-American Populist's Letter to the People's Weekly Tribune	196	(1)
Two Reports on the Colored Farmers' Alliance in Texas	197	(1)
Speech to the Senate	198	(1)
Senator Benjamin R. Tillman
Suggested Reading	199	(1)
Women's Work, Community, and Radical Labor	200	(32)
Chronology	200	(1)
Introduction to the Article	201	(1)
Bread and Roses Revisited	202	(13)
Ardis Cameron
Documents	215	(16)
Introduction to the Documents	215	(1)
Wages and Working Conditions in the Textile Mills	216	(6)
Statement of Victoria Wennaryzk	222	(8)
Song: ``In the Good Old Picket Line''	230	(1)
``Bread and Roses''	230	(1)
James Oppenheimer
Suggested Reading	231	(1)
Black Communists in the Great Depression South	232	(36)
Chronology	232	(1)
Introduction to the Article	233	(1)
``Comrades, Praise Gawd for Lenin and Them!''	234	(18)
Robin D. G. Kelley
Documents	252	(14)
Introduction to the Documents	252	(2)
Nell Irvin Painter, from The Narrative of Hosea Hudson	254	(4)
Speech to the Jury	258	(3)
Angelo Herndon
All God's Dangers	261	(3)
Nate Shaw
``The Trial''	264	(2)
Muriel Rukeyser
Suggested Reading	266	(2)
Spiritual Roots of New Left Radicalism	268	(36)
Chronology	268	(1)
Introduction to the Article	269	(2)
``The Break-through to New Life''	271	(20)
Doug Rossinow
Documents	291	(11)
Introduction to the Documents	291	(1)
The Politics of Compassion and Transformation	292	(3)
Dick Simpson
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Founding Statement	295	(1)
``Spiritual and Moral Aspects of the Student Nonviolent Struggle in the South''	296	(3)
Charles McDew
``Sex and Caste: A Kind of Memo''	299	(3)
Casey Hayden
Mary King
Suggested Reading	302	(2)
New Social Movements: The Case of Aids Activism	304	(41)
Chronology	304	(1)
Introduction to the Article	305	(2)
Silence, Death, and the Invisible Enemy	307	(22)
Josh Gamson
Documents	329	(15)
Introduction to the Documents	329	(1)
``New Fronts in the AIDS War''	330	(4)
Victor F. Zonana
ACT UP Graphics	334	(3)
The International Working Group on Women and AIDS, an Open Letter	337	(2)
Darrell Yates Rist, ``Aids as Apocalypse: The Deadly Costs of an Obsession''	339	(5)
Suggested Reading	344	(1)
Index	345