The quiet before : on the unexpected origins of radical ideas
(2022)
By:
Beckerman, Gal
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
303.484/BECKERMAN,G
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Crown, [2022]
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
331 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781524759186, 152475918X :, 152475918X, 9781524759186
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Patience: Aix-en-Provence, 1635 -- Coherence: Manchester, 1839 -- Imagination: Florence, 1913 -- Debate: Accra, 1935 -- Focus: Moscow, 1968 -- Control: Washington, 1992 -- Interlude: cyberspace -- The square: Cairo, 2011 -- The torches: Charlottesville, 2017 -- The virus: New York City, 2020 -- The names: Minneapolis, 2020
"A provocative, incisive look at the building of social movements-from the 1600s to the present day-and how current technology is undermining them."--