Dr. Lieberman's 2004 Book Now Available in Paperback
Dr. Lieberman's 2004 Book Now Available in Paperback
KENNESAW, Ga. |
Oct 18, 2019
Prairie Power: Voices of 1960s Midwestern Student Protest
Prairie Power CoverChair of the Interdisciplinary Studies Department, Robbie Lieberman published Prairie
Power: Voices of 1960s Midwestern Student Protest in 2004, and now it is available
in paperback. "Originally published by University of Missouri (May 2004) Prairie Power
is a superb collection of oral histories from the 1960s focused on former student
radicals at the University of Missouri, the University of Kansas, and Southern Illinois
University. Robbie Lieberman presents a view of Midwestern New Left activists that
has been neglected in previous studies. Scholarship on the sixties has shifted in
recent years from a national focus to more localand regional studies, but few authors
have studied the student movement in the Midwest. Lieberman brings a fresh interpretation
to this subject, challenging the characterization of prairie power activists as long
haired, dope smoking anarchists who were responsible for the downfall of Students
for a Democratic Society (SDS). She argues that Midwestern students made significant
contributions to the New Left and that their efforts were important not only in the
1960s but also had a lasting impact on the universities and towns in which they were
active. The oral histories come from national leaders of SDS, homegrown Midwestern
activists who were local leaders on their campuses, and grassroots activists who did
not necessarily identify with either local or national organizations. Providing new
insight into who participated in student protest and why, Prairie Power makes a significant
contribution toward a more comprehensive history of the 1960s."