Steve Nelson, American Radical

Steve Nelson, American Radical
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Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Total Pages : 479
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ISBN-10 : 9780822971528
ISBN-13 : 0822971526
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Download or read book Steve Nelson, American Radical written by Steve Nelson and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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