It Was Like a Fever: Storytelling in Protest and Politics

by Francesca Polletta

Book Overview

Activists and politicians have long recognized the power of a good story to move people to action. In early 1960 four black college students sat down at a whites-only lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and refused to leave. Within a month sit-ins spread to thirty cities in seven states. Student participants told stories of impulsive, spontaneous action--this despite all the planning that had gone into the sit-ins. "It was like a fever,"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226673766
• ISBN13: 9780226673769
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 8.9"