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Author Roth, Gary, author

Title Marxism in a lost century : a biography of Paul Mattick / by Gary Roth
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Historical materialism book series, 1570-1522 ; volume 80
Historical materialism book series ; volume 80.
Contents Acknowledgements; List of Photos; List of Abbreviations; About the Notes; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Children at Work and War; At Home; Protest and Revolution; Revolution in Retreat; Chapter 3 Young Radicals; March 1920; KAPD; Chapter 4 Between Berlin and Cologne; Bouts of Unemployment; Movement in Decline; Older Friends; Chapter 5 New Worlds; Voyages; Work and Writing; Amalgamation; Chapter 6 Chicago in the Depression; Opening Years; Opposition and Accusations; Across the Country; Crisis Theory; Chapter 7 The Unemployed Movement; The Workers League; Federation and Party
Fascism's Initial ImpactThe German Émigré Community; Chapter 8 The Independent Left; German to English; Editors' Reluctance; Chapter 9 International Council Correspondence; Pamphlets and Authors; The Inevitability of Communism; Mid-Decade; Chapter 10 Towards War; International Developments; Opportunities; Living Marxism; Chapter 11 End of an Era; Self-Reflections; Anti-Fascism; Chapter 12 The War Years; Relationships; New Essays; Leaving Chicago; Chapter 13 New York City; Isolation; Travelling to Berlin; Chapter 14 Quiet Times; Writers' Bloc; Back to Nature; Boston; Chapter 15 Rekindling
Recent AdmirersA New Left; Chapter 16 Reception; Discovery in Germany; From Marx and Keynes and Roskilde; Chapter 17 Winding Down; Last Years; Illness; Archives; Works Cited; Index
Summary Marxism in a Lost Century retells the history of the radical left during the twentieth century through the words and deeds of Paul Mattick. Three biographical themes receive special attention -- the self-taught nature of left-wing activity, Mattick's publishing endeavors, and the nexus of men, politics, and friendship
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Mattick, Paul, 1904-1981.
SUBJECT Mattick, Paul, 1904-1981 fast
Subject Communists -- United States -- Biography
Communists -- Germany -- Biography
Communism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Communism -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Communism & Socialism.
Communism
Communists
Germany
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004282261
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