xvii, 603 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 523-581) and index
Originally published in hardcover: 2013
Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Dissent and America -- The "free aire of a new world" -- Dissent in an age of reason -- Revolution -- Discord in the new republic -- Slavery and its discontents -- Reformers and dissidents -- Expansion and conflict -- Dissent imperils the union -- A nation divides -- Liberation and suppression -- Protest and conflict in the West -- Workers of the world unite! -- The new manifest destiny -- Progressives and radicals -- Making the world safe for democracy -- Traditionalism collides with modernism -- A new deal for America -- The good war? -- Dissent in an age of conformity -- Civil rights : an American revolution -- Make love, not war -- Mobilization and backlash -- A new age of dissent -- Conclusion: The arc of dissent
