Bibliograph

American radicals, how nineteenth-century protest shaped the nation, Holly Jackson

Type

Label

American radicals, how nineteenth-century protest shaped the nation, Holly Jackson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [333]-358) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

American radicals

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1099541847

Responsibility statement

Holly Jackson

Sub title

how nineteenth-century protest shaped the nation

Summary

"A character-driven narrative history about the nineteenth-century radicals--from Fanny Wright and Henry David Thoreau to John Brown and William Lloyd Garrison--who demanded that the United States live up to its revolutionary ideals, and what their successes and failures can teach us today"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction: A second and more glorious revolution -- Part I. Foul oppression in the wind of freedom, 1817-1840. A tremendous no -- One bold lady-man -- O America, your destruction is at hand! -- To break every yoke -- Part II. Infidel utopian free lovers, 1836-1858. Coming out from the world -- Brook Farm on fire -- Wheat bread and seminal losses -- Marriage slavery and all other queer things -- Part III. Abolition war, 1848-1865. The aliened American -- Treason will not be treason much longer -- The provisional United States -- Under the flag -- Part IV. The radicals' reconstruction, 1865-1877. To write justice in the American heart -- A revolution going backwards -- This electric uprising -- Conclusion: On radical failure

Target audience

adult

Classification