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The wise minority.

Title
  1. The wise minority.
Published by
  1. New York, Dial Press, 1971.
Author
  1. Friedman, Leon.

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Description
  1. xvii, 228 pages; 24 cm
Summary
  1. From the Boston Tea Party to the latest campus disorders, groups have refused to obey the law. This history of civil disobedience covers the Whiskey Rebellion and the New York Draft Riots.
Subject
  1. Radicalism > United States > History
  2. Government, Resistance to > United States
  3. Government, Resistance to
  4. Radicalism
  5. United States
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Contents
  1. pt. 1. The history -- The intellectual foundation -- The whiskey rebellion and the alien and sedition acts -- The abolitionists -- Labor revolts -- Farm revolts -- Test cases and minority groups -- pt. 2. The resistance -- Perspective -- Background: Civil war-World War II -- Origins -- The classic period: April 1967-April 1968 -- The resisters -- The denouement.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.