{"product_id":"9781640090477","title":"Resistance: Reclaiming an American Tradition","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Resist we must, resist we will—and as this volume powerfully reminds us, in so doing we are acting on the deepest American instincts.\" —Bill McKibben, author of \u003ci\u003eRadio Free Vermont: A Fable of Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross cities, towns, and campuses, Americans are grappling with overwhelming challenges and the daily fallout from the most authoritarian White House policies in recent memory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an inspiring narrative history, Jeff Biggers reframes today’s battles as a continuum of a vibrant American tradition. \u003ci\u003eResistance\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the arduous, courageous, and often squabbling resistance movements that insured the benchmarks of our democracy—movements that served on the front lines of the American Revolution, the defense of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, the defeat of fascism during World War II, and various civil rights struggles. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLegendary historian Studs Terkel praised Biggers’s \u003ci\u003eThe United States of Appalachia\u003c\/i\u003e , now in its eighth printing, as a \"how-to book\" in the tradition of the American Revolution. With \u003ci\u003eResistance\u003c\/i\u003e , Biggers opens a new window into American history and its meaning today. As an intimate people’s history, \u003ci\u003eResistance\u003c\/i\u003e is a provocative reconsideration of the American Revolution and its unfolding promises, bringing alive early Native American, African American, and immigrant struggles, women’s rights, and pioneering environmental justice movements. Biggers shows our republic of resistance has served our history, especially in times when our nation—and its leaders—need to be held accountable. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"With compelling and engaging prose, Jeff Biggers lays out the case for Resistance in the age of Trump . . . Our turbulent times, Biggers shows us, have eerie and chilling parallels to the birth pangs of our nation and to the continuing struggles of We the People to define and claim our voices. At this moment in history, when even the act of listening to the news can cause despair, Biggers gives us hope. In response to our darkness, he reaffirms the light that resistance offers. He shows us that the free expression of Resistance, whether with the pen, our marching feet, the taking of a knee before a football game, the words to a song—to name a few—remains a cornerstone of what it means to be American.\" —Naomi Benaron, author of the Bellwether Prize–winning \u003ci\u003eRunning the Rift\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Counterpoint Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47057560076528,"sku":"9781640090477","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781640090477_p0.jpg?v=1763685134","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781640090477","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}