The long detour : the history and future of the American left /

Chronicles American socialism from its utopian origins in the nineteenth century through its tumultuous role in changing American society in the twentieth century.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weinstein, James, 1926-2005 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2003.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prelude : setting the stage for socialism
  • Birth pangs : socialism's first steps
  • Growth and dispersion
  • Pyrrhic victories
  • Losing the race
  • Whatever happened to socialism?
  • Fronts, decay, amnesia
  • Thigh bone connected to the hip bone
  • The hard part : how to make socialism relevant for today
  • Political strategy, or, how it's to be done.