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1 online resource (xvi, 264 pages) |
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Introduction : student protest and the New Left of the 1960s revisited -- Oral histories I, national SDS leaders. Carl Davidson. Jane Adams. Jeff Shero Nightbyrd -- Three prairie power campuses -- Oral histories II, local leaders. Rory Ellinger. Bill Ebert. Ray Lenzi. Dan Viets -- Oral histories III, grassroots activists. Larry Vaughn. Wayne Sailor. Trish Vandiver. Larry Bennett. Pat Harris. Caroljean Brune |
| Summary |
"Prairie Power, a collection of oral histories from the 1960s, focuses on former student radicals at the University of Missouri, the University of Kansas, and Southern Illinois University. Robbie Lieberman presents a view of midwestern New Left activists that has been neglected in previous studies." "Scholarship on the sixties has been shifting from a national focus to more local and regional studies, but few authors have studied the student movement in the Midwest. Moreover, the characterization of prairie power activists as "long-haired, dope-smoking anarchists" who were responsible for the downfall of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) has not been challenged directly. While still viewing these activists critically, Lieberman argues that midwestern students made significant contributions to the New Left in the latter half of the decade, and that their efforts were not only important at the time but also had a lasting impact on the universities and towns in which they were active."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-264) |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Student movements -- Middle West -- History -- 20th century
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Student protesters -- Middle West -- Anecdotes
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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Student movements
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Student protesters
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Protestbewegung
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Student
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Middle West
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Mittlerer Westen
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Anecdotes
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780826215222 |
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082621522X |
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0826262562 |
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9780826262561 |
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