American Patriotism, American Protest: Social Movements Since the Sixties

Acknowledgments

A c k n o w l e d g m e n t s Since beginning work on American Patriotism, American Protest I have run up an assortment of debts—financial, intellectual, and emotional—and it is a particular pleasure to have the opportunity to acknowledge those who have offered help, encouragement and other forms of assistance. First: the money. Vital research trips to Brown University, Columbia University, and the University of Kansas were made possible thanks to a British Academy Small Grant, while my own department generously provided funds that enabled me to carry out archival work in Cambridge , London, and Madison, Wisconsin. A year’s leave during 20062007 (funded by the School of History and the Faculty of Arts at the University of Leeds) provided me with the time needed to think, read, research, and begin writing. Peter Agree, editor-in-chief at the University of Pennsylvania Press, has been an enthusiastic champion of this project and I am extremely grateful to him for giving me the opportunity to publish again with Penn, and to his excellent staff for making the process as smooth as possible. In the course of researching and writing this book I have benefited enormously from the professionalism and expertise of numerous librarians and archivists. At the Brotherton Library, University of Leeds, Jane Saunders has helped me to locate rare books, journals, and other materials . She also secured electronic access to a range of American newspapers and played a critical role in persuading the library to purchase, at some considerable cost, the Radicalism and Reactionary Politics microfilm collection —a source that has proved invaluable for this project. Staff at the British Library of Political and Economic Science at the London School of Economics, and the Cambridge University Library, were friendly and helpful (especially Ann Toseland in the UL microform reading room). Tim Engels and his fantastic team at the John Hay Library, Brown Univer- 214 Acknowledgments sity, made researching in the Hall-Hoag collection a genuine pleasure. Similarly, Becky Schulte and her staff at the Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas, were exceptionally helpful and welcoming. Becky also arranged for me to meet Laird Wilcox, founder of the Wilcox Collection, which was a real treat. Working at the Wisconsin Historical Society is always a dream, and once again I must thank Harry Miller and Dee Grismund for their assistance. The staff of Columbia University’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library and Oral History Research Office answered my many queries, showed enormous patience, and sent materials to me after I had returned to England. The enthusiasm of the graduate students who took Hist5842M (Patriotic Protest: Social Movements and Political Dissent in the United States of America) during 2009 was particularly welcome. During my visits to the United States I have relied (yet again) on the generous hospitality of friends. In my old stomping ground of Madison, Eric Tadsen and Patrick and Martha Michelson let me stay with them, chauffeured me around, and kept me entertained. John Cornelius and Kerry Taniguchi are fab. Jordi Getman and Frances Mejia have put me up in New York on numerous occasions, shown me the highlights of life in the Big Apple, and been generally wonderful (although that ride on the Cyclone at Coney Island did almost finish me off). Since the idea behind American Patriotism, American Protest emerged during the course of a long and increasingly incoherent conversation with Dominic Sandbrook, I suppose that he deserves some credit, although—since another of the ideas that we discussed (and about which he enthused) involved a comparative study of the leadership qualities of Walt Disney and Oprah Winfrey— perhaps not too much. Dominic has, though, been genuinely interested in this project throughout, and kindly read drafts of chapters and offered valuable suggestions and encouragement . In trips to Cambridge, Andrew and Fran Preston have been excellent hosts and remain good friends. Tony Badger has been supportive since my time at the University of Cambridge. He helped me secure funding for this project, and in March 2007 gave me the opportunity to present some of my findings at the Boston University-Cambridge University Colloquium on American Politics during the 1970s, which was a thoroughly stimulating event. Jon Bell and Kendrick Oliver also invited me to speak at the Institute for Historical Research in London, where I received useful comments on my work. Robert Cook helped inspire me to become an American historian when I was a student at the University of...