Occupy Nation: The Roots, the Spirit, and the Promise of Occupy Wall Street - Todd Gitlin

“In this much needed book, Todd Gitlin, a veteran of the 1960s and an astute commentator on social movements offers a compelling portrait of the Occupy movement that captures the spirit of the people involved, the crisis that gave Occupy birth, and the possibility of genuine change it represents.” (Eric Foner, author of THE FIERY TRIAL: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery )

Todd Gitlin is professor of journalism and sociology and chair of the Ph. D. program in communications at Columbia University, and the author ofOccupy Nation: The Roots, the Spirit, and the Promise of Occupy Wall Street. He lectures widely on matters relating to OWS and has written for most major newspapers and magazines in the U. S. as well as many around the globe, and is frequently quoted and interviewed in the media. He is the author of fourteen previous books about politics, culture, movements, and media and has been a columnist for the New York Observer and the San Francisco Examiner. In 1963-64, he was the third president of Students for a Democratic Society.