Rough draft of history : a century of us social movements in the news / Edwin Amenta, Neal Caren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Amenta, Edwin, 1957- author.

Caren, Neal, author.

Series:

Princeton studies in American politics.

Princeton scholarship online.

Princeton studies in American politics

Princeton scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social movements--United States--Press coverage.

Social movements.

Social movements--United States--History.

United States--Social conditions--20th century.

United States.

United States--Social conditions--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 346 p.) : 36 b/w illus. 26 tables.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A new view of 20th-century US social movements, 'Rough Draft of History' examines how national newspapers covered social movements and the organizations driving them. Edwin Amenta and Neal Caren identify hundreds of movement organizations, from the Women's Christian Temperance Union to Occupy Wall Street, and document their treatment in the news. In doing so, Amenta and Caren provide an alternative account of US history from below, as it was refracted through journalistic lenses. Iconic organizations in the women's rights, African American civil rights, and environmental movements gained substantial media attention. But so too did now-forgotten groups, such as the German-American Alliance, Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, and Peace and Freedom Party. Amenta and Caren show why some organizations made big news while others did not.

Contents:

Introduction. Uncovering a History of U.S. Social Movements

A Brief History of Contention: 100 Organizations in the News

Good News, Bad News, Hard News, Soft News (with Weijun Yuan)

Movement Features: A Century of News Waves (with Thomas Alan

Elliott and Weijun Yuan)

Fantastic News: The Townsend Plan's Wild Media Ride

The Race Beat and Press Beatdown: Black Rights in the 1960s

Lopsided Politics, Unbalanced Media, and U.S. Movements Today

Conclusion. The Past and Future of Social Movements in the News.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2022.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 8, 2023).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Amenta, Edwin, 1957- Rough draft of history

ISBN:

0-691-23276-8

OCLC:

1311320091