Daniel De Leon: The Man And His Work; A Symposium
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: Third Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Some wear and chipping along spine of jacket - jacket protected by plastic sleeve. Pages clean and crisp
A foundational work in American socialist history, Daniel De Leon: The Man and His Work chronicles the life and ideological legacy of Daniel De Leon, the influential Marxist theorist and leader of the Socialist Labor Party in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The text presents De Leon as a towering intellectual force who shaped the course of American radicalism, detailing his fierce advocacy for industrial unionism and his sharp polemical battles against both mainstream trade unionism and rival socialist factions. Written with the reverent yet rigorous tone of a movement biography, it illustrates how De Leon's theories on the relationship between political action and economic organization left a lasting imprint on socialist thought worldwide. Readers gain a vivid portrait of a man whose uncompromising vision and prolific writings made him one of the most consequential — and controversial — figures in the history of the American left.
Author: National Executive Committee, Socialist Labor Party
Format: Hardback
Published: 1926, National Executive Committee, Socialist Labor Party
Edition: Third Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Some wear and chipping along spine of jacket - jacket protected by plastic sleeve. Pages clean and crisp
A foundational work in American socialist history, Daniel De Leon: The Man and His Work chronicles the life and ideological legacy of Daniel De Leon, the influential Marxist theorist and leader of the Socialist Labor Party in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The text presents De Leon as a towering intellectual force who shaped the course of American radicalism, detailing his fierce advocacy for industrial unionism and his sharp polemical battles against both mainstream trade unionism and rival socialist factions. Written with the reverent yet rigorous tone of a movement biography, it illustrates how De Leon's theories on the relationship between political action and economic organization left a lasting imprint on socialist thought worldwide. Readers gain a vivid portrait of a man whose uncompromising vision and prolific writings made him one of the most consequential — and controversial — figures in the history of the American left.