Eugene V. Debs: CITIZEN AND SOCIALIST (Working Class in American History)4 reviews Nick Salvatore University of Illinois Press, 1984 The most dangerous man in America! + A Good Insider's View + Good Info on a GREAT Man + Good Information about Governor Davis H. Waite             Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision (Gender and American Culture)3 reviews Barbara Ransby The University of North Carolina Press, 2005 a decisive American life--and a first rate biography + More pieces of the puzszle + Phenomenal book about a phenomenal woman Ella Baker must be the most underrated figure in U.S. history. There are plenty of Presidents who have done less to shape their own times than Ella Baker. She decisively shaped two of the most important national civil rights organizations--the National Association for the Advancement of Colored ...             Democracy Is in the Streets: From Port Huron to the Siege of Chicago, With a New Preface by the Author2 reviews James Miller Harvard University Press, 1994 Outstanding account of SDS and Tom Hayden + More SDS History While Miller is notably weak in is treatment -- and I would say understanding -- of the impact of the counter-culture and the civil rights movements, this is probably the most authoritative account to SDS, the student dimension of the anti-war movement, and the intellectual history of the New ...             WHICH SIDE WERE YOU ON?: The American Communist Party during the Second World War Maurice Isserman University of Illinois Press, 1993             The Grimke Sisters from South Carolina: Pioneers for Woman's Rights and Abolition1 review Gerda Lerner Oxford University Press, USA, 1998 Recommended read I read an earlier (1970-something?) publication of this work, and really enjoyed it. The sisters were presented as powerful thinkers who struggled with the issues of their day. The title is right on, they were pioneers for women's rights, as well as influential abolitionists. I'm glad that ...             Holy Warriors: The Abolitionists and American Slavery1 review James Brewer Stewart Hill and Wang, 1997 A great history of the abolitionist movement In this book, originally published in 1976, Stewart provides a basic history of the abolitionist movement beginning with the period of the American Revolution. While most think of abolition as a 19th-century movement, Stewart demonstrates that this period is also important in examining this ...             The Radical Middle Class: Populist Democracy and the Question of Capitalism in Progressive Era Portland, ... Robert D. Johnston Princeton University Press, 2006 America has a long tradition of middle-class radicalism, albeit one that intellectual orthodoxy has tended to obscure. The Radical Middle Class seeks to uncover the democratic, populist, and even anticapitalist legacy of the middle class. By examining in particular the independent small business sector or petite bourgeoisie, using Progressive Era Portland, Oregon, as a case study, Robert ...             Tom Paine and Revolutionary America6 reviews Eric Foner Oxford University Press, USA, 2004 Tom Paine Who? + Tom Paine and Revolutionary America + TOM PAINE-INTERNATIONALIST REVOLUTIONARY DEMOCRAT + Paine: One of America's first Public Intellectuals             Daring to Be Bad: Radical Feminism in America, 1967-75 (American Culture Series)3 reviews Alice Echols University of Minnesota Press, 1990 Amazing! A serious work that is also a delicious read! + Bad is Good! Daring To Be Bad is an essential history of the Women's Liberation Movement. Daring is nuanced in that it connects this movement to other protest movements of the 60's while remaining true to the Women's Movement's distinctive arc. If you want to understand the vexed racial politics of Women's ...             Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression (Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies)3 reviews Robin D. G. Kelley The University of North Carolina Press, 1990 A powerful venture in American history + The Grand Old Party + Excellent. HIghly Infoormative and Insightfuul. Kelley has produced a powerful and startling history of the deep south in the 1930s. He tackles a difficult subject both historically and ideologically (the relationship between poor black sharecroppers and the American Communist party). His tireless efforts at writing this book shine out of the ...             We Shall Be All: A History of the Industrial Workers of the World (abridged ed.) (Working Class in American ...3 reviews Melvyn Dubofsky University of Illinois Press, 2000 This is THE history of the IWW, despite the problems... + Superb History Historiographically speaking, this is THE book to read on the history of the IWW. There are other attempts worth reading, (Renshaw or Thompson for example) but for a solidly researched, brilliantly written academic study, this is the place to go. Renshaw's book includes a few things on the IWW ...             Strike!: Revised and Updated Edition (South End Press Classics Series)6 reviews Jeremy Brecher South End Press, 1999 A must-read for wage earners and other people who work for a living + An interesting history of the mass strike. + Classic of American Labor History despite some faults + Excellent, with limitations             Women Strike for Peace: Traditional Motherhood and Radical Politics in the 1960s (Women in Culture and ...2 reviews Amy Swerdlow University Of Chicago Press, 1993 Thorougly researched, provocative women's peace history. + A compelling view of the 1960s and how protest was born This history of Women Strike for Peace, a creative bold, and effective women-led grass-roots political movement for an end to nuclear testing and against the Vietnam War is particularly relevant today as women seek to register their opposition to U.S military policies. Gloria Steinem advised: ...             The Tragedy of American Diplomacy7 reviews William Appleman Williams W. W. Norton & Company, 1988 The Tragedy of American Diplomacy + Erudite, splendidly crafted, fine piece of scholarhip + A revisionist manifesto on U.S. foreign policy In the Tragedy of American Diplomacy, William Appleman Williams illustrates how America fails to honor its own principles when it approaches foreign policy. America believes in self-determination and the right to develop its own brand of democracy. Unfortunately, no other nation is afforded the ...             W. E. B. Du Bois, 1868-1919: Biography of a Race (Owl Books)6 reviews David Levering Lewis Holt Paperbacks, 1994 What A Brillant Man + Not a Gloss + A Magisterial Study of the Struggles of a Man and His Race i was floored upon finishing this book.this Man was a pure GENIUS.his IDeas&Structures were Years ahead of the pack.his words were Forerunners for the same problems we face today that he faced back when he was Growing up.his Challenges&Debates were Legendairy.his vision of the world far exceeded ...             The American Radical1 review Mary Jo Buhle Routledge, 1994 Inspiring accounts of radical lives This book offers an inspiring set of biographical essays about the men and women of the American radical tradition, Written by a range of authors, they cover activists in a number of fields - from politics to journalism, from art to the labor movement - and describe how they left their mark on ...             The Radicalism of the American Revolution49 reviews Gordon S. Wood Vintage, 1993 A seminal work + The Best Book on the American Revolution - Ever + perfect book + An outstanding work!             Radical Pacifism: The War Resisters League and Gandhian Nonviolence in America, 1915-1963 (Syracuse Studies ... Scott H. Bennett Syracuse University Press, 2004 Offering a comprehensive history of the War Resisters League, this book explores the evolution of the organization from a single-issue pacifist registry, educational forum and political pressure group into a multi-issue organization that campaigned for international peace and social justice.             The Utopian Alternative: Fourierism in Nineteenth-Century America (Cornell Paperbacks) Carl J. Guarneri Cornell University Press, 1994 Winner of the 1992 Society of Historians of the Early American Republic Book Award The utopian socialism of Charles Fourier spread throughout Europe in the mid-nineteenth century, but it was in the United States that it generated the most intense excitement. In this rich and engaging narrative, Carl J. Guarneri traces the American Fourierist movement from its roots in the religious, social, and ...             Howard Zinn: A Radical American Vision20 reviews Davis D. Joyce Prometheus Books, 2003 Howard Zinn By Denis Mueller + Howard Zinn: A Radical American Vision + Excellent Intellectual Biography + The Gift That Keeps On Giving + Proud to be a liberal and an intellectual