Roots of American Communism

In this definitive history of the evolution of the Com- munist Party in America--from its early background through its founding in 1919 to its emergence as a legal entity in the 1920s--Theodore Draper traces the native and foreign strains that comprised the party

List of contents

Introduction; 1: The Historic Left; 2: The Age of Unrest; 3: The New Left Wing; 4: Influences and Influences; 5: The Left at War; 6: The Reflected Glory; 7: Roads to Moscow; 8: The Revolutionary Age; 9: The Real Split; 10: The Great Schism; 11: The Sibling Rivalry; 12: The Underground; 13: The Second Split; 14: Spies, Victims, and Couriers; 15: The Crisis of Communism; 16: To the Masses!; 17: The Revolution Devours Its Children; 18: New Forces; 19: The Legal Party; 20: The Manipulated Revolution; 21: The Two-Way Split; 22: The Raid; 23: The Transformation

About the author

Victor W. Turner

Summary

In this definitive history of the evolution of the Com- munist Party in America--from its early background through its founding in 1919 to its emergence as a legal entity in the 1920s--Theodore Draper traces the native and foreign strains that comprised the party

Product details

• Authors: Theodore Draper, Draper Theodore, Victor W. Turner, Victor W. Draper Turner, Turner Victor W.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.06.2018
• EAN: 9781138538351
• ISBN: 978-1-138-53835-1
• No. of pages: 536
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; History, HISTORY / General