Marxism in the United States
Subtitle: a history of the American left
By: Paul Buhle
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9781781680155; 9781781680162
Subjects: Communism; Radicalism; Socialism; History
Description: A crown jewel of New Left historiography, this overview of U.S. Marxism was hailed on its first publication for its nuanced storytelling, balance and incredible sweep. Brimming over with archival finds and buoyed by the recollections of witnesses and participants in the radical movements of decades past, Marxism in the United States includes fascinating accounts of the immigrant socialism of the nineteenth century, the formation of the CPUSA in the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution, the rise of American communism and of the hugely influential Popular Front in the 1920s and ʹ30s, the crisis and split of the ʹ50s, and the revival of Marxism in the ʹ60s and ʹ70s. -- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-320) and index.