Cover; FIGHTING AUTHORITARIANISM; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I Seeing the Problem and Envisioning a Plan; 1 The Effects of the Crash: The Youth Problem from New York City to Harlan County, Kentucky, and Back Again; 2 The Reed Harris Affair: Youth Claim Their Rights and Freedoms at Columbia University and Beyond; 3 The Scottsboro Boys: Demands for Equality from the Deep South to New York City; PART II Implementing a Vision; 4 The Popular Front. Strength in Unity: New York City Organizations Come Together in Solidarity
5 Playing Politics and Making Policy: Institutionalizing a Vision from New York to Washington6 The Fight Against Fascism: The Spanish Republicans Find Their Support in New York City; PART III Disillusion and Dissolution; 7 Dissolution: World War II Subverts the Zeitgeist and Youth's Vision for America; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Calling into question the Cold War perspective that continued to permeate analyses of radicalism long after the fall of the Soviet Union, this study examines young Depression-Era radicals' worldview--a worldview developed from the epicenter of young radical activism and ideology: New York City college campuses
