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Robert (Hrsg.) Cohen

The Essential Mario Savio

Speeches and Writings that Changed America

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This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the 1960s and how they changed American society.  Insightfully contextualized by Robert Cohen, Mario Savio's letters and speeches chronicle the history of two key moments of that pivotal decade-the Mississippi Freedom Summer and the Berkeley Free Speech Movement-and reveal Savio as an activist and thinker who helped inject new meanings into the idea of American freedom.-Eric Foner, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, author of The Story of American Freedom Robert Cohen has performed invaluable service by collecting, annotating, and contextualizing the letters and speeches of Mario Savio,… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Hayden, Tom (Vorb.) / Reich, Robert (Nachw.) / Hollander Savio, Lynne (Schlussw.)
  • ISBN: 978-0-520-28338-1
  • EAN: 9780520283381
  • Produktnummer: 16429018
  • Verlag: University Presses
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
  • Seitenangabe: 320 S.
  • Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.9 cm 454 g
  • Abbildungen: Trade Paperback; 23
  • Gewicht: 454

Über den Autor


Robert Cohen is Professor of History and Social Studies in New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. He is an affiliated member of NYU's History Department. His books include Freedom's Orator: Mario Savio and the Radical Legacy of the 1960s, The Free Speech Movement: Reflections on Berkeley in the 1960s (coedited with Reginald E. Zelnik), and Rebellion in Black and White: Southern Student Activism in the 1960s (coedited with David S. Snyder).Tom Hayden is an American social and political activist, author, and politician. He was a founder of Students for a Democratic Society; the primary author of the SDS's manifesto, the Port Huron Statement; and a member of the California State Legislature for eighteen years. He is director of the Peace and Justice Resource Center in Culver City, California.Robert Reich was the U.S. Secretary of Labor in the Clinton adminstration. He is Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley.Lynne Hollander Savio is a Free Speech Movement veteran who coauthored the Rossman Report. She is the widow of Mario Savio and heads the board of directors of the Mario Savio Memorial Lecture and Young Activist Award.

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