{"product_id":"9781479808656-the-defiant-protest-movements-in-post-liberal-america","title":"Barrett Dawson - The Defiant Protest Movements In Post - Liberal America - Hardcover","description":"Binding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: In the tradition of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States an engaging account of the last half - century of political discontent The history of the United States is a history of oppression and inequality as well as raucous opposition to the status quo. It is a history of slavery and child labor but also the protest movements that helped end those institutions. Protesters have been the driving force of American democracy from the expansion of voting rights and the end of segregation laws to minimum wage standards and marriage equality. In this exceptional new book Dawson Barrett calls our attention to the post - 1960s period in which US economic cultural and political elites turned the tide against the protest movement gains of the previous forty years and reshaped the ability of activists to influence the political process. For much of the last half - century policymakers in both major US political parties have been guided by the pro - business tenets of neoliberalism. Dubbed casino capitalism by its critics this economy has ravaged the environment expanded the for - profit war and prison industries and built a global assembly line rooted in sweatshop labor while more than doubling the share of American wealth and income held by the country's richest 1 percent. The Defiant explores the major policy shifts of this new Gilded Age through the lens of dissent through the picket lines protest marches and sit - ins that greeted them at every turn. Barrett documents these clashes at neoliberalism's many points of impact moving from the Arizona wilderness to Florida tomato fields to punk rock clubs in New York and California and beyond. He takes readers right up to the present day with an epilogue tracing the Trump administration's strategies and policy proposals and the myriad protests they have sparked. Capturing a wide range of protest movements in action from environmentalists tree - sits to Iraq War peace marches to Occupy Wall Street # Black Lives Matter and more The Defiant is a gripping analysis of the profound struggles of our times.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: The Defiant Protest Movements In Post - Liberal America\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Barrett Dawson\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781479808656\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 224 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 5\/8\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Demonstrations \u0026amp; Protest Movements","brand":"Barrett Dawson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49617509843249,"sku":"IN-G-9781479808656","price":34.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9781479808656.jpg?v=1724480439","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781479808656-the-defiant-protest-movements-in-post-liberal-america","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}