TY - GEN T1 - Immigrants against the state : Yiddish and Italian anarchism in America T2 - Working class in American history. A1 - Zimmer, Kenyon LA - English PP - Urbana, IL PB - University of Illinois Press YR - 2015 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn994479590 AB - From the 1880s through the 1940s, tens of thousands of first- and second-generation immigrants embraced the anarchist cause after arriving on American shores. Kenyon Zimmer explores why these migrants turned to anarchism, and how their adoption of its ideology shaped their identities, experiences, and actions. Zimmer focuses on Italians and Eastern European Jews in San Francisco, New York City, and Paterson, New Jersey. Tracing the movement's changing fortunes from the pre-World War I era through the Spanish Civil War, Zimmer argues that anarchists, opposed to both American and Old World nationalism, severed all attachments to their nations of origin but also resisted assimilation into their host society. Their radical cosmopolitan outlook and identity instead embraced diversity and extended solidarity across national, ethnic, and racial divides. Though ultimately unable to withstand the onslaught of Americanism and other nationalisms, the anarchist movement nonetheless provided a shining example of a transnational collective identity delinked from the nation-state and racial hierarchies. CN - HX843 Z566 2015eb SN - 0252039386 SN - 9780252039386 SN - 0252097432 SN - 9780252097430 SN - 0252080920 SN - 9780252080920 KW - Anarchism : United States : History : 20th century. KW - Jewish anarchists : United States. KW - Italian Americans : History. KW - Immigrants : United States. KW - Socialism, Communism & Anarchism. KW - Political Science. KW - Law, Politics & Government. KW - Anarchisme : États-Unis : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Anarchistes juifs : États-Unis. KW - Américains d'origine italienne : Histoire. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Political Ideologies : Communism & Socialism. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Political Ideologies : Anarchism. KW - Anarchism KW - Immigrants KW - Italian Americans KW - Jewish anarchists KW - United States KW - USA KW - Etats-Unis. KW - 1900-1999 KW - Electronic books. KW - History ER -