LEADER 03426nam 22006732 450 001 9910785721203321 005 20151002020706.0 010 $a1-315-65500-4 010 $a1-317-32076-X 010 $a1-317-32077-8 010 $a1-283-85037-0 010 $a1-84893-335-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000270302 035 $a(EBL)1035067 035 $a(OCoLC)818815316 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000797452 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12363935 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000797452 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10805763 035 $a(PQKB)10857340 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4015461 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2127332 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1035067 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1510955 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1035067 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781848933354 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000270302 100 $a20141021d2012|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSocialism and print culture in America, 1897-1920 /$fby Jason D. Martinek$b[electronic resource] 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon :$cPickering & Chatto,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 202 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aThe history of the book ;$vnumber 11 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-84893-334-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 179-189) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : "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. 330 $aFor socialists at the turn of the last century, reading was a radical act. This interdisciplinary study looks at how American socialists used literacy in the struggle against capitalism. The early presidential campaigns of Eugene V Debs - leader of the Socialist Party - produced a concerted effort to develop a socialist literature specifically for an American readership. There followed a rapid growth in printed material which helped the movement in its rise to prominence, however, Martinek contends that this over-reliance on the printed word was also to be instrumental in its subsequent downfall. 410 0$aHistory of the book (London, England) ;$vno. 11. 517 3 $aSocialism & Print Culture in America, 1897-1920 606 $aSocialism$zUnited States$y20th century 606 $aBooks and reading$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aLiteracy$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aSocialism 615 0$aBooks and reading$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aLiteracy$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 676 $a335.0097309041 700 $aMartinek$b Jason D.$01529680 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785721203321 996 $aSocialism and print culture in America, 1897-1920$93774096 997 $aUNINA