radicals

Features Charles Brockden Brown's "Wieland," in which a woman searches for the cause of her brother's madness after he claims God ordered him to murder his wife and children; and includes short stories and a newspaper account of the murder that inspired Brown's tale.

A biography of Alinsky, based on interviews and archives, reveals a life of challenge and struggle for social justice against the status quo.

Contains 180 articles that chronicle the history of radicalism and extremism in the United States, covering major events and personalities from the arrival of the pilgrims in Plymouth in 1620 to the terrorist attacks on the U.S. in 2001. Includes sidebars, quotations, illustrations, and a selection of primary documents.

Provides a detailed description of the 1968 Democratic National Convention held in Chicago, Illinois, and discusses the events of each day, along with a week prior, and the aftermath.

Contains profiles of seventy-five extremist groups, most of which are active in some form in the twenty-first century, providing insights into their history, philosophy, and motivations; arranged alphabetically from A to K, with a glossary and index.

Contains profiles of seventy-five extremist groups, most of which are active in some form in the twenty-first century, providing insights into their history, philosophy, and motivations; arranged alphabetically from L to Z, with a glossary and index.

In turn-of-the-century London, an undercover, counter-revolutionary mole provokes a radical group he has penetrated into an act of violence that will bring about its own destruction.

Intertwines the details of Abbie Hoffman's intense personal life with the dramatic politics of the sixties, seventies, and eighties.

Contains twenty-four essays that offer opposing viewpoints on extremist groups, debating issues related to religious groups, liberals, white supremacists, and terrorists.

A family saga about three generations of American radicals as they struggle to follow their own utopian dreams.