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Direct action and desegregation, 1960-1962 : toward a theory of the rationalization of protest
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- Creator
- James H. Laue ; preface by David J. Garrow
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Brooklyn, N.Y. : Carlson Publishing, Inc., [1989]
- ©1989
- Physical Details
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- xxi, 412 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0926019090, 9780926019096
- OCLC
- ocm19776888
- Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Harvard University, 1965.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-400) and index.
- Introduction : Direct action and desegregation. Statement of the problem :spontaneous protest and institutionalization in American race relations ; Design and method : exploratory action research -- The data : nonviolent direct action against segregation in the United States, 1960-1962. Pre-1960 : a community rebels ; The sit-ins (1960) : a region revolts ; The freedom rides (1961) : a nation reacts ; Albany and beyond -- The theory : the rationalization of protest. The Movement after two years ; Dimensions of the theory : the stages of rationalization ; A sociological paradox : the rationalization of direct action protest ; Reintegration and predictions : the relationships between rationalization and social change -- Appendices
Subjects
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
- Civil rights demonstrations -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Civil rights demonstrations -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
- Direct action.
- Southern States -- Race relations.
- African Americans -- History -- 1877-1964.