Radicals in Power: The New Left Experience in Office

by Eric Leif Davin

Book Overview

Our memory of Sixties New Left radicals often evokes marches in the streets, battles with the police, or urban bombings. However, the New Left was a multi-faceted movement, with diverse tendencies. One of these tendencies promoted electoral as the way to change America. In every city that was a center of New Left activism, this "Electoral New Left" entered the political arena. A surprisingly large number of these New Left radicals were elected to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739174967
• ISBN13: 9780739174968
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher