An American Dissenter: The Life of Algie Martin Simons 1870-1950 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813153506)

In this biography of Algie Martin Simons, a major figure in the Socialist party of America, Kent and Gretchen Kreuter show the widely ranging social activities that brought Simons into touch with many of the movements and personalities of his time. As a propagandist and historian, Simons wrote the first thoroughgoing Marxist account of American history. As a journalist, he furnished Upton Sinclair with much of the material that he used in The Jungle, and as a party politician, Simons was a signi

Author: Kent Kreuter,Gretchen Kreuter
ISBN-10: 0813153506
ISBN-13: 9780813153506
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d