The Rise of the Arab American Left Activists, Allies, and Their Fight against Imperialism and Racism, 1960s–1980s / Pamela E. Pennock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pennock, Pamela E., author.

Series:

Justice, power, and politics.

Justice, power, and politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab Americans--Politics and government--20th century.

Arab Americans.

United States--Politics and government--20th century.

United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 pages) : illustrations.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]

Summary:

In this history of Arab American activism in the 1960s, Pamela Pennock brings to the forefront one of the most overlooked minority groups in the history of American social movements. Focussing on the ideas and strategies of key Arab American organisations and examining the emerging alliances between Arab American and other anti-imperialist and antiracist movements, Pennock sheds new light on the role of Arab Americans in the social change of the era.

Contents:

Progressive activism after the June War: the Association of Arab American University Graduates

Arab students and the politics of Palestine: the Organization of Arab Students and the Arab American left

Intersections: Palestine, Arab Americans, and the movements of the Sixties

A disturbed individual, not a martyr: Sirhan Sirhan's impact on Arab American activism

Enemies within: Operation Boulder and infringements of civil liberties

Traversing Arab and American spaces: community and labor organizing in the Southend

Seeking integration: Arab American political organizing in the 1980s.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908510-3-1

979-88-908510-4-8

1-4696-3099-0

1-4696-3100-8

OCLC:

972092390