Steve Nelson, American Radical by Steve Nelson

Steve Nelson, American Radical by Steve Nelson

As the immigrant teenage son of a Croatian miller, Steve Nelson arrived in the United States after World War I and entered a world of chronic unemployment, low wages, dangerous work, and discrimination. Following the path taken by many fellow immigrant workers, he joined the Communist Party. He became a full-time organizer and ultimately a major leader, only to resign in 1957 after unsuccessful attempts to democratize the American party. This remarkable oral biography, recounted in collaboration with two historians, describes day-to-day life in the party and traces Nelson's career from his beginnings in the Pennsylvania coalfields to his secret work as party courier in the Far East; form the battlefields of Civil War Spain to the jails of Cold War Pittsburgh; and from a small group of Communist autoworkers in Detroit to the upper reaches of a party leadership in New York. It is the frank and analytical account of a leading American working-class activist.

“A fascinating portrait of a Communist activist with as varied and adventurous a career as can be imagined” —New York Review of Books

“The best firsthand account . . . of what life was like for a Communist militant in the years between World War I and the Cold War . . . An admirable book.” —The Nation

Steve Nelson was a Croatian immigrant who rose to become a leader in the American Communist Party, before resigning in 1957 upon hearing of Stalin's crimes, and unsuccessful attempt to democratize the Party.

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ISBN 13	9780822954712
ISBN 10	0822954710
Titel	Steve Nelson, American Radical
Autor	Steve Nelson
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	University of Pittsburgh Press
Erscheinungsjahr	1992-03-15
Seitenanzahl	475
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.