Socialism and print culture in America, 1897-1920 / / by Jason D. Martinek [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Martinek Jason D.
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Pickering & Chatto, , 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 202 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 335.0097309041
• Soggetto topico: Socialism - United States - 20th century; Books and reading - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century; Literacy - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-189) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Socialism & Print Culture in America, 1897-1920
• Titolo autorizzato: Socialism and print culture in America, 1897-1920
• ISBN: 1-315-65500-4; 1-317-32076-X; 1-317-32077-8; 1-283-85037-0; 1-84893-335-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785721203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: History of the book (London, England) ; ; no. 11.