Taking back the academy! : history of activism, history as activism
Jim Downs (Editor), Jennifer Manion (Editor)
A history of activism on campus since the 1960s and an exploration of the ways in which the historian's craft leads to social change.
History
221 s
9780415948104, 9780415948111, 041594810X, 0415948118
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Foreword, Eric Foner James T. Downs, Jr. and Jennifer Manion, Bench Talk I. Student Activism Student Movements -- Beyond the University Eileen Eagan, Teaching Student Activism Vania Markarian, Debating Tlatelolco: Thirty Years of Public Debates about the Mexican Student Movement of 1968 Martin Klimke, Between Berlin and Berkeley, Frankfurt and San Francisco: The Student Movements of the 1960s in Transatlantic Perspective II. Students in Unions -- Rethinking the University Anita Seth, Unionizing for a More Democratic and Responsive University Kimberly Phillips-Fein, What is a University? Anti-Union Campaigns in Academia John McMillian, Where Have All the Politics Gone? A Graduate Student's Reflections III. Academic Activism: Historians for Social Justice Nancy A. Hewitt, The Glass Tower: Half Full or Half Empty? David Rosner, Toxic Torts: Historians in the Courtroom Glenda Gilmore, The Most Craven Abdication of Democratic Principles: On the U.S. Attack in Iraq IV. Bridging the Gap Between Academia and Activism Drucilla Cornell and Kitty Krupat, Forging Activist Alliances: Identity, Identification, & Position Jennifer Manion, Calling All Liberals; or, Connecting Feminist Theory, Activism, and History Kathleen M. Brown and Tracey M. Weis, Producing for Use and Teaching the Whole Student: Can Pedagogy be a Form of Activism? James T. Downs, Jr., Teaching Across the Color Line: A Warning About Identity Politics in the Classroom Jesse Lemisch, 2.5 Cheers for Bridging the Gap Between Academia and Activism; Or Stay and Fight. To Which is added an Account of Radical Scholars/Activists in the Wake of the Iraq War