How social movements die : repression and demobilization of the Republic of New Africa / Christian Davenport.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davenport, Christian, 1965- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in contentious politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Political activity--History--20th century.

African Americans.

Black militant organizations--United States--History--20th century.

Black militant organizations.

Social movements--United States--History--20th century.

Social movements.

History.

Political participation.

United States.

Physical Description:

xvii, 346 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Summary:

"Met any American communists lately? Between 1919 and the late 1950s, the Communist Party of the United States of America (CP-USA) engaged in a wide variety of challenges directed against the U.S. government and its economic system. Because of this, many aspects of the organization became well known to the American public. Indeed, in their day, the names of the organizational leadership (i.e., William Foster, Earl Browder and Eugene Dennis) were as popular as any at the time. Bent on dramatically transforming US political-economic relations, the Party attempted to raise awareness regarding the evils of the American political-economic system and engage in numerous struggles against it. The activities put forth toward these ends were as numerous as they were varied, from editorials to unionization to political campaigns to mass protests"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107041493

110704149X

9781107613874

1107613876

OCLC:

881721192