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Christian Smith

Resisting Reagan

The U.S. Central America Peace Movement

484 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map, 21 tables  6 x 9  © 1996

Cloth $75.00

ISBN: 9780226763354   Published June 1996

Paper $27.00

ISBN: 9780226763361   Published June 1996

List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Acronyms
Introduction
1: The Sources of Central American Unrest
2: United States Intervention
3: Low-Intensity Warfare
4: Launching the Peace Movement
5: Grasping the Big Picture
6: The Social Structure of Moral Outrage
7: The Individual Activists
8: Negotiating Strategies and Collective Identity
9: Fighting Battles of Public Discourse
10: Facing Harassment and Repression
11: Problems for Protesters Closer to Home
12: The Movement's Demise
13: What Did the Movement Achieve?
14: Lessons for Social-Movement Theory
Appendix: The Distribution and Activities of Central America Peace
Movement Organizations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Awards
  • Gustavus Myers Center Outstanding Book Award
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