14 CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN CAPITALISM
AND ITS RADICAL CRITICS
The Civil Rights Movement 179
The War in Vietnam 181
The Women’s Liberation Movement 183
Contemporary Critiques of American Capitalism 186
American Imperialism 187 Racism and Sexism 190
Alienation 192 Environmental Destruction 195
The Energy Crisis 196 Inflation 198
Liberal Versus Radical Critiques of Capitalism 199
Radical Political Movements in the 1960s, 1970s, and
1980s 199
Summary 203
INDEX
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