{"product_id":"it-didnt-happen-here-seymour-martin-lipset-9780393322545","title":"It Didn't Happen Here: Why Socialism Failed in the United States","description":"Why socialism has failed to play a significant role in the United States--the most developed capitalist industrial society and hence, ostensibly, fertile ground for socialism--has been a critical question of American history and political development. Seymour Martin Lipset and Gary Marks \"survey with subtlety and shrewd judgment the various explanations\" (\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e) for this phenomenon of American political exceptionalism. \"Clearly written, intelligent, filled with new information\" (\u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e), this \"splendidly convincing\" (Michael Kazin, Georgetown University) work eschews conventional arguments about socialism's demise to present a fuller understanding of how multiple factors--political structure, American values, immigration, and the split between the Socialist party and mainstream unions--combined to seal socialism's fate. \"In peak form, two master political sociologists offer a must-read synthesis.\"--Theda Skocpol, Harvard University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Seymour Martin Lipset\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393322548\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393322545\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.46h x 5.08w x 0.91d","brand":"Seymour Martin Lipset","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988143276287,"sku":"9780393322545","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_af9f0690-3bd3-4b21-8f93-49f72d1d618b.jpg?v=1683292868","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/it-didnt-happen-here-seymour-martin-lipset-9780393322545","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}