1st Edition
Critics and Crusaders Political Economy and the American Quest for Freedom
Edited By Charles A. Madison
Copyright 2012
534 Pages
by
Routledge
546 Pages
by
Routledge
534 Pages
by
Routledge
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The quest for freedom has always been a defining characteristic of the American people. That neither constitutionalism nor capitalism has secured complete freedom for every person is demonstrated by media announcements of slavery, oppression, exploitation, and a variety of shortcomings in the economic system. That said, and as this volume seeks to demonstrate through a history of radical... Read more
The Abolitionist; The Abolitionist Background; William Lloyd Garrison; John Brown; Wendell Phillips; The Utopians; The Utopian Background; Margaret Fuller; Albert Brisbane; Edward Bellamy; The Anarchists; The Anarchist Background; Henry David Thoreau; Benjamin R. Tucker; Emma Goldman; The Dissident Economists; The Economic Background; Henry George; Brooks Adams; Thorstein Veblen; The Militant Liberals; The Liberal Background; John Peter Altgeld; Lincoln Steffens; Randolph Bourne; The Socialists; The Socialist Background; Daniel De Leon; Eugene Victor Debs; John Reed; A Final Note
Biography
Charles A. Madison
"Mr. Madison writes earnestly and clearly... of his eighteen heroes and heroines. [H]e has immersed himself in their writings and has gone to the right monographs and biographies for his background material... [A] useful and timely collection of popular sketches, emphasizing an important strand in our national culture." --Frederick B. Tolles, American Literature "[Mr. Madison] writes with enthusiasm and at times with eloquence about a representative collection of American radicals all of whom, despite great diversity, obviously excite his admiration and sympathy." --Paul M. Sweezy, The American Economic Review "[A]long with the ably done portraits and the many heartening examples of self-sacrificing courage, the feeling this book gives of the immediacy and urgency of the long fight to preserve human freedom furnishes ample justification for Mr. Madison's method." --Townsend Scudder, The American Historical Review "Every one of the eighteen portraits is a brief but well-rounded study." --Albert Guerard, The Nation "This volume is an excellent effort to provide briefly but accurately both the highlights and the atmosphere of the careers of 18 American luminaries in the area of independent thought and progressive action." --Robert S. Browne, Phylon
