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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100195064720
ISBN-139780195064728
eBay Product ID (ePID)86706
Product Key Features
Book TitleFreedom Summer
Number of Pages364 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / 20th Century, Civil Rights
Publication Year1990
IllustratorYes
FeaturesReprint
GenrePolitical Science, History
AuthorDoug Mcadam
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight17.3 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition19
Reviews"In Freedom Summer, Doug McAdam illustrates the radical education experienced by the volunteers and the tremendous impact that Freedom Summer had, and still has, on our lives. McAdam interviewed 348 of the 566 volunteers, often traveling around the country to meet with them personally, and hecompiled fascinating data on what inspired the volunteers to participate in the project, what it was like once they arrived and how their participation influenced the direction of their lives."--San Francisco Chronicle, "A fascinating blend of theory, biography, and history that gives a sociological account of an era with real people rather than abstractions. With solid research, he shows that one summer for 1,000 people has had a national, if not international, impact in ways obscured before this research.A first class work that not only informs, but moves."--Donald A. Maxam, Central College, "McAdam captures what it was like to be on the front lines of the civil rights struggle in Mississippi....Basic reading for those interested in social movements and protest politics."--Contemporary Sociology, "What distinguishes this book is the voices of the volunteers which speak from the pages....An extremely interesting, readable account of the summer of 1964. It is clearly written, detailed, and well documented; enlivened by the words of those who experienced that summer."--The TampaTribune-Times, "[McAdam] does not lose sight of black leadership and conveys an honest--not romanticized or patronizing--respect for it....The heart of McAdam's contribution lies in his uncommon sense of interdependence and linkage....In the struggle to shine light on this nation's racial history, DougMcAdam has illuminated a piece of the picture with unusual scope and sharpness."--San Francisco Review of Books, "This book is a real eye opener for students who need to learn about the Civil Rights Movement."--Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Colby College, "In this rich, sophisticated account, McAdam has convincingly analyzed theconnections between 'Freedom Summer' and subsequent 'new left' movements in thelate 1960s and early 1970s....A major contribution."--Library Journal, "[McAdam] does not lose sight of black leadership and conveys anhonest--not romanticized or patronizing--respect for it....The heart of McAdam'scontribution lies in his uncommon sense of interdependence and linkage....In thestruggle to shine light on this nation's racial history, Doug McAdam hasilluminated a piece of the picture with unusual scope and sharpness."--SanFrancisco Review of Books, "Here, at last, is a book on the politics of the sixties based on harddata rather than mere introspection or armchair speculation. McAdam deftlyreveals why privileged white American youth participated in Freedom Summer, andhow this involvement helped shape their lives. Further, he shows that FreedomSummer served as a crucible for radical activists of an entire generation. Amodel of sociologically informed analysis."--Michael Hechter, University ofArizona, "A first-rate, in-depth study of the young men and women who risked their lives for freedom in Mississippi in 1964."--Tom Hayden, State Assembly, Sacramento, California, "The heart of Freedom Summer is...McAdam's account of what happened to the volunteers after the Summer Project ended. We have, McAdam argues, been seduced by the media into seeing the activists of the 1960s as men and women who rebelled in their youth and then turned around and becameyuppies. McAdam's great contribution is to show that no such generational selling-out occurred."--The Nation, "An astonishing piece of research....A marvelous narrative of the FreedomSummer experience."--The Progressive, "An astonishing piece of research....A marvelous narrative of the Freedom Summer experience."--The Progressive
Dewey Decimal976.2/00496073
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisIn June 1964, over 1,000 volunteers - most of them white, northern college students - arrived in Mississippi to campaign for black enfranchisement and teach at 'freedom schools' as part of the Freedom Summer campaign organized by the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. Within 10 days, three were murdered; by summer's end, another had died and hundreds more had endured bombings, beatings, and arrests. This is the first book to gauge the impact of Freedom Summer on the project volunteers and the period we now call the 'turbulent 60s'., In June 1964, over one thousand volunteers--most of them white, northern college students--arrived in Mississippi to register black voters and staff "freedom schools" as part of the Freedom Summer campaign organized by the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. Within ten days, three of them were murdered; by the summer's end, another had died and hundreds more had endured bombings, beatings, and arrests. Less dramatically, but no less significantly, the volunteers encountered a "liberating" exposure to new lifestyles, new political ideologies, and a radically new perspective on America and on themselves. Films such as Mississippi Burning have attempted to document this episode in the civil rights era, but Doug McAdam offers the first book to gauge the impact of Freedom Summer on the project volunteers and the period we now call "the turbulent sixties." Tracking down hundreds of the original project applicants, and combining hard data with a wealth of personal recollections, he has produced a riveting portrait of the people, the events, and the era. McAdam discovered that during Freedom Summer, the volunteers' encounters with white supremacist violence and their experiences with interracial relationships, communal living, and a more open sexuality led many of them to "climb aboard a political and cultural wave just as it was forming and beginning to wash forward." Many became activists in subsequent protests--including the antiwar movement and the feminist movement--and, most significantly, many of them have remained activists to this day. Brimming with the reminiscences of the Freedom Summer veterans, the book captures the varied motives that compelled them to make the journey south, the terror that came with the explosions of violence, the camaraderie and conflicts they experienced among themselves, and their assorted feelings about the lessons they learned., In June 1964, over one thousand volunteers--most of them white, northern college students--arrived in Mississippi to register black voters and staff "freedom schools" as part of the Freedom Summer campaign organized by the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. Brimming with the reminiscences of the Freedom Summer veterans, the book captures the varied motives that compelled them to make the journey south, the terror that came with the explosions of violence, the camaraderie and conflicts they experienced among themselves, and their assorted feelings about the lessons they learned.
LC Classification NumberE185.93.M6.M28 1990
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