radicalism

Explores how socially conscious ideals from the 1960s can be integrated into the life choices of the 1990s.

Biography of political activist Abbie Hoffman focusing on his political ideas and describing what happened when he put them in action.

Brief biographies of seven women whose philosophies and actions have had great impact on American society. Included are Sarah Moore Grimk?, Harriet Tubman, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mother Jones, Anna Louise Strong, Charlotte Perkins Cilman, and Dorothy Day.

Focuses on the personalities, trends, and events as well as on the every day life of the decade.

Examines the successes, failures and influences of some of the various social movements of the 1960s.

Examines the bizarre and often violent history of a proliferating number of hate groups who universally style themselves as "Survivalists.".

Explores the impact of the American left on two centuries of politics and culture in the United States, describing abolitionism, early feminism, and the efforts of radicals and idealists in the 1960s and 1970s, and discussing the lasting contributions made by movements that failed to gain full public support.

Contains twenty essays that offer opposing viewpoints on extremist groups, including religious fundamentalism, liberal groups, white supremacist groups, and the militia movement.

In the 1970s, Bobby DeSoto and Mary Wittaker design a series of radical protests against the Vietnam War that changes the course of their lives forever, forcing them to change their identities and leave the past behind, never to see one another again.