03426nam 22006732 450 991078572120332120151002020706.01-315-65500-41-317-32076-X1-317-32077-81-283-85037-01-84893-335-5(CKB)2670000000270302(EBL)1035067(OCoLC)818815316(SSID)ssj0000797452(PQKBManifestationID)12363935(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000797452(PQKBWorkID)10805763(PQKB)10857340(MiAaPQ)EBC4015461(MiAaPQ)EBC2127332(MiAaPQ)EBC1035067(MiAaPQ)EBC1510955(Au-PeEL)EBL1035067(UkCbUP)CR9781848933354(EXLCZ)99267000000027030220141021d2012|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSocialism and print culture in America, 1897-1920 /by Jason D. Martinek[electronic resource]1st ed.London :Pickering & Chatto,2012.1 online resource (xi, 202 pages) digital, PDF file(s)The history of the book ;number 11Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).1-84893-334-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-189) and index.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.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 to be instrumental in its subsequent downfall.History of the book (London, England) ;no. 11.Socialism & Print Culture in America, 1897-1920SocialismUnited States20th centuryBooks and readingPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryLiteracyPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centurySocialismBooks and readingPolitical aspectsHistoryLiteracyPolitical aspectsHistory335.0097309041Martinek Jason D.1529680UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910785721203321Socialism and print culture in America, 1897-19203774096UNINA