[PDF] American Socialist Triptych eBook

Author : Mark Van Wienen
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 16,69 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0472118056

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A closer look at three American writers sheds new light on the evolution of socialist thought in the U.S.

Author : Ira Kipnis
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 869 pages
File Size : 47,36 MB
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1789122015

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First published in 1952, this work has taken its place as the standard history of the Socialist Party to 1912. The American Socialist Party, at the height of its power, had more than a hundred and fifty thousand members, published hundreds of newspapers, won almost a million votes for its presidential candidate, elected more than one thousand of its members to political office, secured passage of a considerable body of legislation, won the support of one-third of the American Federation of Labor, and was instrumental in organizing the Industrial Workers of the World. It counted in its ranks some of the most talented organizers, able thinkers, and colorful personalities of their generation, conducted an immense propaganda effort, and, for a time, multiplied its support and influence at an astounding pace. The rise and decline of the Socialist Party constitutes a most important and instructive chapter in American history. Few books have more to offer to the student of the movement than this one.

Author : Jason D Martinek
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 45,7 MB
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1317320778

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For socialists at the turn of the last century, reading was a radical act. This interdisciplinary study looks at how American socialists used literacy in the struggle against capitalism.

Author : Robert Hyfler
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,68 MB
Release : 1984-06-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :

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This book analyzes the continuity and change within socialist thought in this century and the perception by socialists of themselves as both a part of an American movement having concrete goals yet operating within the ideological framework of social democracy. The author focuses on the socialists' understanding of American democracy and the modern capitalist system and their prescriptions for social change. He examines the moderate socialism of Morris Hillquit, John Spargo, and Victor Berger and the groundwork laid for later radical variants of American socialism found in the writings of Louis Fraina and Louis Boudin. Hyfler explores the links connecting the radical working class socialism of Eugene Debs and the Wobblies with the accommodationism of Samuel Gompers and mainstream labor. Later chapters analyze Norman Thomas' move away from Marxist thinking and Michael Harrington's innovative attempts to create an American socialist perspective that can operate on the center stage of the American polity without compromising the radical traditions of the American left.

Author : Mark Pittenger
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 41,37 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 9780299136048

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Reconstructs the history of scientific thought by American socialists, showing how ideas about evolution shaped the national movement and its place in the international movement. Documents the enthusiasm that lured both Marxists and non-Marxists far beyond Darwin and Spencer to a vision of inevitable progress toward socialism. Paper edition (unseen), $24.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Richard W. Judd
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 21,20 MB
Release : 1989-07-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1438408099

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Socialist Cities is a comparative treatment of grass-roots Socialist successes. It marks the first comprehensive look at the urban working-class base of the American Socialist movement in the early part of the century, and reveals the importance of municipal politics as an organizing strategy. The author assesses the reactions of both workers and non-workers to the party, and provides a fresh perspective on the perennial question of why socialism 'failed' in America. He demonstrates that the subtle and ongoing dialogue between the party's own internal theoretical and tactical weaknesses and the broader class and structural obstacles against which it struggled, contributed to its failure.

Author : H. Wayne Morgan
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 42,6 MB
Release : 2019-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1789128684

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Eugene V. Debs: Socialist for President, first published in 1962, is a fascinating account of the heady days of American socialism in the early 1900s, the five campaigns of its dogged leader Eugene Debs, and the struggles of the labor movement. Included are 8 pages of illustrations.