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UNINA9910793763003321 |
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Horn Max <1920-> |
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The Intercollegiate Socialist Society, 1905-1921 : origins of the modern American student movement / / Max Horn |
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London : , : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, , 2019 |
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1-000-30250-4 |
1-000-23062-7 |
0-429-31186-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xv, 259 pages) |
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Student movements - United States |
Right and left (Political science) |
College students - Political activity - United States - History - 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"First published 1979 by Westview Press." |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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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. |
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