James P. Cannon and the origins of the American revolutionary left, 1890-1928 /

Bryan D. Palmer's award-winning study of James P. Cannon's early years (1890-1928) details how the life of a Wobbly hobo agitator gave way to leadership in the emerging communist underground of the 1919 era. Written with panache, Palmer's richly detailed book situates American communi...

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Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Palmer, Bryan D.
Format: Licensed eBooks
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Urbana : University of Illinois Press [2007]
Schriftenreihe:Working class in American history.
Online-Zugang:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/j.ctt1xcpf9
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction: The communist can(n)on
  • Rosedale roots: facts and fictions
  • Youth's discoveries
  • Hobo rebel/homeguard
  • Red dawn
  • Underground
  • Geese in flight
  • Pepper spray
  • Stalinist suspensions
  • Labor defender
  • Living with Lovestone
  • Expulsion
  • Conclusion: James P. Cannon, the United States revolutionary movement, and the end of an age of innocence.