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Author Haas, Britt.

Title Fighting Authoritarianism : American Youth Activism in The 1930s.

Imprint New York : Fordham University Press, 2017.
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Description 1 online resource (345 pages)
Contents Cover; FIGHTING AUTHORITARIANISM; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I Seeing the Problem and Envisioning a Plan; 1 The Effects of the Crash: The Youth Problem from New York City to Harlan County, Kentucky, and Back Again; 2 The Reed Harris Affair: Youth Claim Their Rights and Freedoms at Columbia University and Beyond; 3 The Scottsboro Boys: Demands for Equality from the Deep South to New York City; PART II Implementing a Vision; 4 The Popular Front. Strength in Unity: New York City Organizations Come Together in Solidarity.
5 Playing Politics and Making Policy: Institutionalizing a Vision from New York to Washington6 The Fight Against Fascism: The Spanish Republicans Find Their Support in New York City; PART III Disillusion and Dissolution; 7 Dissolution: World War II Subverts the Zeitgeist and Youth's Vision for America; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Summary Calling into question the Cold War perspective that continued to permeate analyses of radicalism long after the fall of the Soviet Union, this study examines young Depression-Era radicals' worldview--a worldview developed from the epicenter of young radical activism and ideology: New York City college campuses.
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Subject Youth -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
College students -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Youth protest movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Radicalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Student movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Authoritarianism -- History -- 20th century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
Authoritarianism
College students -- Political activity
Radicalism
Student movements
Youth -- Political activity
Youth protest movements
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History
Other Form: Print version: Haas, Britt. Fighting Authoritarianism : American Youth Activism in The 1930s. New York : Fordham University Press, ©2017 9780823277988
ISBN 9780823278015 (electronic bk.)
0823278018 (electronic bk.)

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