Copyright © 2016 by Sarah Jaffe

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Designed by Linda Mark

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Jaffe, Sarah, 1980– author.

Title: Necessary trouble: Americans in revolt / Sarah Jaffe.

Description: New York: Nation Books, [2016] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016017890 | ISBN 9781568585376 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Protest movements--United States. | Political participation--United States. | Political activists--United States. | Social movements--United States. | United States--Politics and government—2009–

Classification: LCC HN59.2 .J34 2016 | DDC 303.48/40973--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016017890

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