Introduction – John McMillianPart I: Local Studies, Local Stories1. "It Seemed Like a Very Local Affair": The 1960s Student Movement at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale – Robbie Lieberman and David Cochran2. Between Despair and Hope: Studies on the Left and the Historical Legacy of the New Left – Kevin Mattson3. Building the New South: The Southern Student Organizing Committee – Gregg Michel4. The Black Freedom Struggle and White Resistance: A Case Study of the Civil Rights Movement inCambridge, Maryland – Peter Levy5. Organizing from the Bottom Up: Lillian Craig, Dovie Thurman, and the New Left in the 1960s – Jennifer Frost6. Death City Radicals: The Counterculture in the New Left in 1960s Los Angeles – David McBridePart II: Reconsiderations7. How New Was the New Left?: Re-Thinking New Left Exceptionalism – Andrew Hunt8. Strategy and Democracy in the New Left – Francesca Polletta9. The "Point of Ultimate Indignity" or a "Beloved Community"?: The Draft Resistance Movement and New Left Gender Dynamics – Michael S. Foley10. Losing Our Kids: Queer Perspectives on the Chicago Seven Conspiracy Trial – Ian Lekus11. Between Revolution 9 and Thesis 11: Or, Will We Learn (Again) to Start Worrying and Change the World? – Jeremy Varon12. Letting Go: Revisiting the New Left's Demise – Doug RossinowAfterword – Paul BuhleAbout the Contributors