{"product_id":"dissent-the-history-of-an-american-idea-9781479806652","title":"Dissent: The History of an American Idea","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinalist  2016 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award  One of Bustles Books For Your Civil Disobedience Reading List  Examines the key role dissent has played in shaping the United States  emphasizing the way Americans responded to injustices  Dissent: The History of an American Idea examines the key role dissent has played in shaping the United States. It focuses on those who  from colonial days to the present  dissented against the ruling paradigm of their time: from the Puritan Anne Hutchinson and Native American chief Powhatan in the seventeenth century  to the Occupy and Tea Party movements in the twenty-first century. The emphasis is on the way Americans  celebrated figures and anonymous ordinary citizens  responded to what they saw as the injustices that prevented them from fully experiencing their vision of America.  At its founding the United States committed itself to lofty ideals. When the promise of those ideals was not fully realized by all Americans  many protested and demanded that the United States live up to its promise. Women fought for equal rights; abolitionists sought to destroy slavery; workers organized unions; Indians resisted white encroachment on their land; radicals angrily demanded an end to the dominance of the moneyed interests; civil rights protestors marched to end segregation; antiwar activists took to the streets to protest the nations wars; and reactionaries  conservatives  and traditionalists in each decade struggled to turn back the clock to a simpler  more secure time. Some dissenters are celebrated heroes of American history  while others are ordinary people: frequently overlooked  but whose stories show that change is often accomplished through grassroots activism.  The United States is a nation founded on the promise and power of dissent. In this stunningly comprehensive volume  Ralph Young shows us its history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648129065013,"sku":"ByrdShop_147980665X","price":26.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781479806652.jpg?v=1781710350","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/dissent-the-history-of-an-american-idea-9781479806652","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}