Occupy Nation

<p>[A] much needed book...a compelling portrait of the Occupy movement...that capture[s] the spirit of the people involved the crisis that gave Occupy birth and the possibility of genuine change it represents.<br />--Eric Foner author of <em>The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery</em></p><p>The Occupy Wall Street movement arose out of a widespread desire of ordinary Americans to change a political system in which the moneyed 1% of the nation controls the workings of the government. In <em>Occupy Nation</em> social historian Todd Gitlin--a former leader of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) who stood at the forefront of the birth of the New Left and the student protests of the 1960s and '70s--offers a unique overview of one of the most rapidly growing yet misunderstood social revolutions in modern history. <em>Occupy Nation</em> is a concise and incisive look at the Occupy movement at its pivotal moment as it weighs its unexpected power and grapples with its future mission.<br /></p>