4 v. (xxix, 1557 p.) : ill. ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 1503-1557) and indexes.

v. 1. Antislavery movement ; Civil rights movement ; Women's movement -- v. 2. Women's movement (cont.) ; Labor movement ; Native American movement -- v. 3. Rural, social, and political movements ; Moral reform movements ; Religious, utopian, and health movements ; Antiwar/protest movements ; Radical and poor people's movements -- v. 4. Student movements ; Ethnic and group identity movements ; Environmental movement ; Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender movement ; Conservative, nativist, and right-wing movements ; Global justice movement.

"A comprehensive range of social movements is treated in 16 broad categories, from civil rights and women to antiwar protests and global justice. Timely entries on the Fair Trade Coffee campaign and the anti-sweatshop movement highlight current issues, while the section on antiwar movements covers everything from early Quaker pacifism to protests of the current U.S. intervention in Iraq. Students researching antebellum abolitionists, the history of gay-rights movements, or the development of conservative American politics will find useful and authoritative information."--"Reference that rocks," American Libraries, May 2005.

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Social movements -- United States -- History -- Encyclopedias.

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Social justice -- United States -- History -- Encyclopedias.

Ness, Immanuel.

American social movements

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