Democracy Is in the Streets by James Miller
On June 12, 1962, 60 young activists drafted a manifesto for their generationThe Port Huron Statementthat ignited a decade of dissent. Miller brings to life the hopes and struggles, the triumphs and tragedies, of the students and organizers who took the political vision of The Port Huron Statement to heartand to the streets.
Careful, perceptive, and elegant-- Alan Brinkley * New York Review of Books *
[An] excellent account…[by] an accomplished writer… Accurate, sympathetic, critical, learned… The leaders of the next [student] revolt will do well to read Mr. Miller’s fine book—for inspiration, and for admonition too. -- Hendrik Hertzberg * New York Times Book Review *
Brilliant… Original and astute… Anyone interested in American political thought will want to study this analysis. -- Paul Berman * New Republic *
Excellent…well written…makes a substantial contribution to the literature on the New Left. -- Allen J. Matusow * Washington Post Book World *
[An] excellent account…[by] an accomplished writer… Accurate, sympathetic, critical, learned… The leaders of the next [student] revolt will do well to read Mr. Miller’s fine book—for inspiration, and for admonition too. -- Hendrik Hertzberg * New York Times Book Review *
Brilliant… Original and astute… Anyone interested in American political thought will want to study this analysis. -- Paul Berman * New Republic *
Excellent…well written…makes a substantial contribution to the literature on the New Left. -- Allen J. Matusow * Washington Post Book World *
James Miller, Professor of Political Science and Director of Liberal Studies at the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research, is the author of The Passion of Michel Foucault and Rousseau: Dreamer of Democracy.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674197251 |
| ISBN 10 | 0674197259 |
| Title | Democracy Is in the Streets |
| Author | James Miller |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 1994-09-20 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
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