num_pages: 992
description: This book by acclaimed historian Donald Sassoon traces the fortunes of the political parties on the left in Western Europe through the twentieth century. Sassoon charts the course of socialism across fourteen countries, from the Second International to the birth of the welfare state to the student uprisings of the 1960s and beyond. Unique, comprehensive, and "appropriately ambitious" (Los Angeles Times), One Hundred Years of Socialism demonstrates that throughout their history, the fortunes of capitalism and socialism have been inextricably linked. Capitalism may now appear to be triumphant, but how much does it owe to the socialist legacy? Can socialism go global and continue to be a force for change in the twenty-first century?
language: English
title: One Hundred Years of Socialism
titlecomplete: One Hundred Years of Socialism
genres: European History, History, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 85
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Isaac Deutscher Memorial Prize
publisher: The New Press