On the left in America
Subtitle: memoirs of the Scandinavian-American labor movement
By: by Henry B. Bengston; translated by Kermit Westerberg ; edited and with an introduction by Michael Brook.
Contributors: Swedish-American Historical Society (1983- )
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Carbondale; Edwardsville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
Subjects: Bengston, Henry.; Socialism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Labor movement -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Swedish Americans -- History -- 20th century.; Journalism, Socialist -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Description: "Previously available only in an out-of-print Swedish edition published in 1955, Henry Bengston's firsthand account deals with what historian Dag Blanck calls the "other Swedish America." Swedish immigrants in general were conservative, but Bengston and others—most notably Joe Hill—joined the working-class labor movement on the left, primarily as Debsian socialists, although their ranks included other socialists, communists, and anarchists. Involved in the radical labor movement on many fronts, Bengston was the editor of Svenska Socialisten from 1912 until he dropped out of the Scandinavian Socialist Federation in 1920. Even after 1920, however, his sympathies remained with the movement he had once strongly espoused."--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-224) and index.
"Published in cooperation with the Swedish-American Historical Society."