Date of Award
Spring 1991
Document Type
Restricted Thesis
Terms of Use
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Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
History Department
First Advisor
Robert C. Bannister
Abstract
Using primary sources such as college newspaper articles and personal interviews, Miller tracks the emergence of the Swarthmore New Left in 1960 to its decline in 1967. He argues that the Swarthmore New Left’s origins lie in the “streams of liberalism” that ran through the College from 1940-1960, but that the New Left moved from the liberal tradition of its predecessors to more radical forms of activism as the decade wore on, ultimately collapsing due to its inability to sustain a search for a more radical counter-tradition.
Recommended Citation
Miller, Edward , '91, "Radical Student Activism and the Streams of Liberalism: The Rise of the New Left of Swarthmore College, 1960-1967" (1991). Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards. 631.
https://works.swarthmore.edu/theses/631
Comments
Co-recipient of the Paul H. Beik Prize in History, awarded in 1991.