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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793763003321

Autore

Horn Max <1920->

Titolo

The Intercollegiate Socialist Society, 1905-1921 : origins of the modern American student movement / / Max Horn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, , 2019

ISBN

1-000-30250-4

1-000-23062-7

0-429-31186-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 259 pages)

Collana

Westview replica edition

Disciplina

378.19810973

Soggetti

Student movements - United States

Right and left (Political science)

College students - Political activity - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 1979 by Westview Press."

Nota di contenuto

Westview Replica Editions -- Preface -- Birth of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society -- The Struggle for Survival -- In Search of Ideology -- The ISS in Action -- The Quest for Allies -- The Crisis of World War I -- "Enemies of the Republic" -- Epilogue -- Constitution of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society -- Selected ISS Student Leaders and Members -- Officers and Members of ISS Executive Committee, 1905-1921 -- ISS College Chapters Active for Varying Periods, 1910-1917

Sommario/riassunto

The Intercollegiate Socialist Society--prototype of the modern American student movement and the ancestor of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)--was the first nationally organized student group that had a distinct political and ideological orientation. Its social and economic concerns, among them the labor and women's suffrage movements, encompassed most of the issues agitating a rapidly changing society during the first two decades of this century. The ISS started a tradition of student political awareness and protest that has persisted to our day. For more than 15 years, it provided a forum for a group of gifted young men and women who, then and later, exercised influence far out of proportion to their numbers. This first full-scale



study of the ISS follows the society from its birth in 1905 to its decline during World War I and the postwar period. Relying largely on original sources, Horn examines the structure, ideology, program, and tactics of the ISS and assesses its impact on students, faculty, and college administrators.