Kent State and May 4th : A Social Science Perspective.

Intro -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Section I: The Events of May 1-4, 1970: An Overview -- Introduction -- The Tragic Weekend of May 1-4, 1970 -- Review Essay: The Telling of Kent State -- The Telling of Kent State: A Revised Update -- The May 4 Documentaries -- The May 4 Shootings at Kent State University: The Search for Historical Accuracy -- Section II: The Legal Aftermath -- Introduction -- The May 4th Trials -- The Impact of Judicial Decisions on Attitudes of an Attentive Public: The Kent State Trials -- Section III: May 4 and Its Impact: A Sociological Perspective -- Introduction -- A Study of the Kent State Incident Using Smelser's Theory of Collective Behavior -- Social Control Violence and Radicalization: The Kent State Case -- Social Control Violence and Radicalization: Behavioral Data -- The Anti-Vietnam War Pieta -- Section IV: The Gym Issue -- Introduction -- Kent State 1977: The Struggle to Move the Gym -- The May 4th Coalition and Tent City: A Norm-Oriented Movement -- Victims of Groupthink: The Kent State University Board of Trustees and the 1977 Gymnasium Controversy -- Section V: Remembering May 4 -- Introduction -- Symbols of Collective Memory: The Social Process of Memorializing May 4, 1970, at Kent State University -- The Candlelight Walk and Vigil -- Floss, Forgive, and Love: Reflections on the Kent State Tragedy after Thirty Years -- Name Index -- Subject Index.

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