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Occupy nation : the roots, the spirit, and the promise of Occupy Wall Street
- Title
- Occupy nation : the roots, the spirit, and the promise of Occupy Wall Street / Todd Gitlin ; photos throughout by the author ; special photo supplement by Victoria Schultz.
- Author
- Gitlin, Todd.
- Publication
- New York : itbooks, c2012.
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 300 p. : ill.; 19 cm.
- Summary
- Provides a better understanding of the Occupy Wall Street movement by exploring its origins, spirit, uniqueness, predecessors, and inner tensions, while discussing the role it's likely to play in future political culture.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-300).
- Contents
- Preface -- PART ONE: TWO ENERGY CENTERS: Pioneers -- Surprise! popularity and polarization -- Energy is eternal delight -- PART TWO: THE SPIRIT OF OCCUPY: Oases and bases -- Rituals of participation -- The evolution of horizontalism -- Spendors and miseries of structurelessness -- And leaderlessness -- The movement as its own demand -- Wonders of nonviolence -- Radicals -- The co-optation phobia -- Live-in victories -- Work the system? Change it? Smash? -- Can the outer movement get organized? -- Is there a global revolution? -- "This is the beginning of the beginning" -- Afterword -- Zuccotti Park: a photographic record -- Acknowledgments.
- Call Number
- JFC 13-162
- ISBN
- 9780062200921 (pbk.)
- 0062200925 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2012288702
- OCLC
- 807100220
- Author
- Gitlin, Todd.
- Title
- Occupy nation : the roots, the spirit, and the promise of Occupy Wall Street / Todd Gitlin ; photos throughout by the author ; special photo supplement by Victoria Schultz.
- Imprint
- New York : itbooks, c2012.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-300).
- Research Call Number
- JFC 13-162