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Pro-Life Activists in America: Meaning, Motivation, and Direct Action

by Carol J C Maxwell

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ISBN13: 9780521669429
ISBN10: 0521669421
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This book offers a oral history of pro-life direct activism in America from the late 1970s through the early 1990s. Through the stories of leaders and followers, men and women, Catholics and evangelicals, Carol Maxwell explores the complex beliefs and desires that gave rise to this activism, sustained, and eventually undid it. She offers a unique view of the minds of individual protestors and an important account of the direct action movement--as its initial commitment to Ghandian non-violence was broken down by the lethal acts that accompanied its end.

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"...a book that offers much that students of movements in all disciplines will find useful." Mobilization, Myra Max Ferree

Synopsis:

Maxwell offers an oral history of pro-life activism in America from the late 1970s through the early 1990s. Through the stories of leaders and followers, men and women, Catholics and evangelicals, Carol Maxwell explores the complex beliefs and desires that gave rise to this activism, sustained, and eventually undid it.

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An oral history of pro-life direct activism from the late 1970s through the early 1990s.
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Table of Contents

1. 2. Pro-life direct action in St. Louis: an oral history; 3. Moral mosaic: variations in the sources of commitment; 4. Coping with bereavement through activism: real grief, imagined death, and pseudo-mourning among pro-life direct activists; 5. Abortion experiences: personal quests and group confirmation; 6. Pro-life 'conviction'; 7. Correlations of persistence: a qualitative analysis; 8. Gender differences; 9. Structure and motivation.

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ISBN:
9780521669429
Subtitle:
Meaning, Motivation, and Direct Action
Author:
Maxwell, Carol J. C.
Author:
Maxwell, Carol J. C.
Author:
Maxwell, Carol
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Location:
Cambridge
Subject:
Women's Studies - Abortion
Subject:
Abortion
Subject:
Pro-life movement
Subject:
Abortion & Birth Control
Subject:
General Social Science
Subject:
Abortion -- United States.
Subject:
Pro-life movement -- United States.
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series Volume:
no. 63
Publication Date:
August 2002
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
18 tables
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
898x640x72 88
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