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"For far too long, Rodger Streitmatter tells us, mainstream journalists and even some media scholars have viewed radical, leftist, or progressive periodicals in America as ""rags edited by crackpots."" However, many of these dissident presses have shaped the way Americans think about social and political issues. Covering the last two centuries, Streitmatter tells the stories of dissident publications and press movements, and of the colorful individuals behind them: the labor press, black power publications of the 1960s, contemporary Internet on-line journals and much more."

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Recommended. -- Choice Recommended for all public and academic libraries. -- Library Journal Offers some details likely to please any media buff. -- San Francisco Bay Guardian [A] fascinating book. -- Booklist fascinating and colorful tales of indvidual struggle, social upheavel and journlistic grit...should be applauded for its rigorous contributions -- Tonya Couch, Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism

"""Recommended."" -- Choice ""Recommended for all public and academic libraries."" -- Library Journal ""Offers some details likely to please any media buff."" -- San Francisco Bay Guardian ""[A] fascinating book."" -- Booklist ""fascinating and colorful tales of indvidual struggle, social upheavel and journlistic grit...should be applauded for its rigorous contributions"" -- Tonya Couch, Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism"

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Rodger Streitmatter is professor of journalism at American University. His books include Raising Her Voice: African-American Women Journalists, Unspeakable: The Rise of the Gay and Lesbian Press in America, and Mightier than the Sword: How the News Media Have Shaped American History. He lives in Washington, DC.

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