This study is an investigation of the American student movement which existed from 1931 to 1941. The study focused on major student organizations, issues of student concern, goals and activities of students and student organizations, and events having a major impact on the movement. Evidence used in the study was drawn primarily from existing accounts of student activities generated by observers of the events. The historical method was used to compile and analyze the evidence used in this study. External criticism was used to authenticate the evidence while internal criticism was used to determine its credibility. / The study revealed that the Student League for Industrial Democracy, the National Student League, the American Student Union, the National Student Federation of America, the American Youth Congress, and the United Student Peace Committee were major student organizations active in the movement. National issues with which students were concerned were the economy, military training in colleges, increases in military expenditures, the status of the American labor movement, racial discrimination, violations of free speech and academic freedom, and government aid to students and youth. International issues of concern to students were peace, the rise of totalitarian governments, and the status of students in other nations. / Five of the major student organizations conducted a variety of activities on the local, regional and national levels, including national conferences and activities of particular interest to their members. The sixth, the United Student Peace Committee, coordinated the student peace strikes from 1937 to 1940. The basic goals of the organizations were determined to be economic, political, and social change, student unity, preservation of peace, and mobilization of students. / Events which had a positive effect on the movement were a student visit to the Harlan coal miner's strike, student protests over dismissal of a student editor, adoption of the Oxford Pledge, formation of the American Youth Congress, introduction of the strike as a protest tactic, and formation of the American Student Union. Events which had a negative effect were introduction of collective security as a path to peace, signing of the Berlin-Moscow non-aggression treaty, formation of the Youth Committee Against War, and the start of the Second World War. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-10, Section: A, page: 4324. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74652 |
| Contributors | MILLER, MICHAEL HENRY., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 251 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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