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UNINA9910785721203321 |
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Autore |
Martinek Jason D. |
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Titolo |
Socialism and print culture in America, 1897-1920 / / by Jason D. Martinek [[electronic resource]] |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London : , : Pickering & Chatto, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-315-65500-4 |
1-317-32076-X |
1-317-32077-8 |
1-283-85037-0 |
1-84893-335-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 202 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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The history of the book ; ; number 11 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Socialism - United States - 20th century |
Books and reading - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century |
Literacy - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-189) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : "Workers of the world, read!" -- "The workingman's bible" and the making of American socialism -- Charles H. Kerr & Company and the Americanization of Marxian socialism -- Activist readers and American socialists' print culture of dissent -- How the Socialist Party created a print culture of dissent without a party-owned press -- Information management and the Socialist Party's Information Department and Research Bureau -- Annotations on the failure of socialism in America -- Conclusion : What a book cannot do. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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For socialists at the turn of the last century, reading was a radical act. This interdisciplinary study looks at how American socialists used literacy in the struggle against capitalism. The early presidential campaigns of Eugene V Debs - leader of the Socialist Party - produced a concerted effort to develop a socialist literature specifically for an American readership. There followed a rapid growth in printed material which helped the movement in its rise to prominence, however, Martinek contends that this over-reliance on the printed word was also |
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