{"product_id":"reluctant-reformers-racism-and-social-reform-movements-in-the-united-states-9781682192788","title":"Reluctant Reformers: Racism and Social Reform","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReluctant Reformers\u003c\/em\u003e explores the centrality of racism to American politics through the origins, internal dynamics, and leadership of the major democratic and social justice movements between the early nineteenth century and the end of World War II. It focuses in particular on the abolitionists, the Populist Party, the Progressive reformers, and the women’s suffrage, labor, and socialist and communist movements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDespite their achievements, virtually all these predominantly white movements failed to oppose, capitulated to, or even advocated racism at critical junctures in their history, with their efforts undercut by their inability to build and sustain a mass movement of both Black and white Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReluctant Reformers\u003c\/em\u003e examines both the structural roots of racism in US radical movements and the impact of racist ideologies on the white-dominated core of each movement, how some whites resisted these pressures, and how Black people engaged with these movements. This edition includes a postscript describing the Black freedom movement of the 1960s and the central role it has played in the development of today’s radical social justice movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sharp, compelling, and powerful—a model of well-structured historical argument … For the last five years, I have been on an intellectual journey into the relationship between race and class, and I can say for certain that this book has shaped much of the path I’m on. ”\u003cstrong\u003e —Jamelle Bouie\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Reissued – And Relevant as Ever” — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrganizing Upgrade \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A powerful book documenting how racist ideas and practices incapacitated the US’s most historically significant social movements” —\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003eBlack Perspectives\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A useful, even essential history… Makes it clear how much remains to be done on the US Left to address the role of white supremacy” —\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003eCounterPunch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTABLE OF CONTENTS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword Reluctant Reformers as Guide—and Warning Jamelle Bouie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eix\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003exv\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Black Militancy Confronts Militant Abolitionism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Self-Interest and Southern Populism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e43\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Progressivism: Expediency and Accommodation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e73\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Woman Suffrage: Feminism and White Supremacy Chude Pamela Allen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e111\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Organized Labor: From Underdog to Overseer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e153\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Socialists, Communists and Self-Determination\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e193\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Capitalism, Racism and Reform\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e231\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePostscript: Recent Social Reform Movements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e265\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e297\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e323\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e339\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359994708311,"sku":"9781682192788","price":16.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781682192788.jpg?v=1754126345","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reluctant-reformers-racism-and-social-reform-movements-in-the-united-states-9781682192788","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}