Marxian Socialism in the United StatesFirst published in 1952 then out of print in recent years, this classic account of the American Left is once again available. In his introduction to the Cornell paperback edition, Michael Kazin reevaluates the book, viewing it in the context of subsequent work on the subject and of the recent history of the Left itself. |
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Contents
The Dream and the Reality | 3 |
The Mirage of Utopia | 16 |
1886The First Divide | 21 |
Purist and Pureandsimple | 30 |
Fission Fusion and Faction | 45 |
The Golden Age of American Socialism | 55 |
The Inner World of American Socialism | 81 |
The Decline and Fall of American Socialism | 90 |
The Melancholy Intermezzo | 117 |
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