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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Miguel MelendezPublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.397kg ISBN: 9780813535593ISBN 10: 081353559 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 04 February 2005 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsA thoughtful and historically insightful book... the Young Lords challenged the system as no one else has done before them.... Their philosophy served as an inspiration for many of us. - Representative Jose Serrano (Democrat, New York); """"This account of the formation of the Young Lords is fascinating.... The] account grows as one reads until one is experiencing elements of the epic, the surprising, and the tragic. The book will also have its considerable impact on anyone who is interested in the history of New York during that great period of ferment we call the Sixties."""" - Norman Mailer "A thoughtful and historically insightful book... the Young Lords challenged the system as no one else has done before them.... Their philosophy served as an inspiration for many of us. - Representative Jose Serrano (Democrat, New York); """"This account of the formation of the Young Lords is fascinating.... The] account grows as one reads until one is experiencing elements of the epic, the surprising, and the tragic. The book will also have its considerable impact on anyone who is interested in the history of New York during that great period of ferment we call the Sixties."""" - Norman Mailer" A thoughtful and historically insightful book... the Young Lords challenged the system as no one else has done before them.... Their philosophy served as an inspiration for many of us. - Representative Jose Serrano (Democrat, New York); This account of the formation of the Young Lords is fascinating.... The] account grows as one reads until one is experiencing elements of the epic, the surprising, and the tragic. The book will also have its considerable impact on anyone who is interested in the history of New York during that great period of ferment we call the Sixties. - Norman Mailer A thoughtful and historically insightful book... the Young Lords challenged the system as no one else has done before them.... Their philosophy served as an inspiration for many of us. - Representative Jose Serrano (Democrat, New York); This account of the formation of the Young Lords is fascinating.... The] account grows as one reads until one is experiencing elements of the epic, the surprising, and the tragic. The book will also have its considerable impact on anyone who is interested in the history of New York during that great period of ferment we call the Sixties. - Norman Mailer Author InformationMIGUEL ""MICKEY"" MELENDEZ is an activist for Latino and Puerto Rican rights. He has held senior positions in the New York City government and has taught in the black and Hispanic studies department at Baruch College. He is also the recipient of the Charles Revson Fellowship (2004-2005) at Columbia University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |