Reviews"Tim Davenport and David Walters have given us, as they did with the first volume of the series, a real treasure, and a restoration." --Paul Buhle, for DSAUSA.org "Gene Debs tirelessly urged the self-organization of working people in the United States as their only sure road to freedom. His role in the formation of the Socialist Party particularly provides lessons for our day." --Mark Lause, Gene Debs tirelessly urged the self-organization of working people in the United States as their only sure road to freedom. His role in the formation of the Socialist Party particularly provides lessons for our day." --Mark Lause
Dewey Decimal335.3
SynopsisTim Davenport and David Walters have extracted the essential core of Debs's life work, illustrating his intellectual journey from conservative editor of the magazine of a racially segregated railway brotherhood to his role as the public face and outstanding voice of social revolution in early twentieth-century America. Well over 1,000 Debs documents will be republished as part of this monumental project, the vast majority seeing print again for the first time since the date of their original publication.Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926) was a trade unionist, magazine editor, and public orator widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of American socialism., An extensive compilation of articles, speeches, press statements, and open letters by American socialist Eugene V. Debs, this book is the second in a six-volume series that assembles much of Debs's work for the first time in a single place. The collection makes approximately 160 documents by one of the pivotal figures in the labor movement readily accessible. Illuminating nineteenth-century working-class history, particularly the complex and shifting situation in the transportation industry. This volume provides a basis for deeper understanding of Debs and his later role during the glory days of the Socialist Party of America. Book jacket., Eugene V. Debs Selected Works will provide activists and scholars with a definitive trove of his best work that remains readable, informative, and inspiring., Tim Davenport and David Walters have extracted the essential core of Debs's life work, illustrating his intellectual journey from conservative editor of the magazine of a racially segregated railway brotherhood to his role as the public face and outstanding voice of social revolution in early twentieth-century America. Well over 1,000 Debs documents will be republished as part of this monumental project, the vast majority seeing print again for the first time since the date of their original publication. Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926) was a trade unionist, magazine editor, and public orator widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of American socialism., Debs (1855-1926) was a trade unionist, magazine editor, and public orator widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of American socialism. This series provides activists and scholars with a definitive trove of his best work that remains readable, informative, and inspiring.
LC Classification NumberHX84.D3A25 2018