William Z. Foster and the Tragedy of American Radicalism (Working Class in American History)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: March 8, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780252020469
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Biography: general; Communism; Labor Unions; Political Science; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Political; History / United States / 20th Century; Labor & Industrial Relations - General; Political Ideologies - Communism & Socialism; 1881-1961; 20th century; Biography; Communists; Foster, William Z.,; History; Labor leaders; Radicalism; United States
First sentence: THE IRISH CALLED IT "Skittereen"-a squalid stretch of Philadelphia's West End from Sixteenth Street to Seventeenth Street, between South Street and Fitzwater.
Description: "William Z. Foster and the Tragedy of American Radicalism incorporates the indigenous and the international factors that determined the fate of American communism. By tracing the evolution of Foster's experiences and ideology and assaying the quality of his political commitment as a worker and organizer in the American West and Midwest, Barret provides foundation for understanding the basis for radicalism among twentieth-century American workers."--BOOK JACKET.