1st Edition

The Intercollegiate Socialist Society, 19051921 Origins Of The Modern American Student Movement

By Max Horn Copyright 1980
276 Pages
by Routledge

276 Pages
by Routledge

276 Pages
by Routledge

The Intercollegiate Socialist Society—prototype of the modern American student movement and the ancestor of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)—was the first nationally organized student group that had a distinct political and ideological orientation. Its social and economic concerns, among them the labor and women’s suffrage movements, encompassed most of the issues agitating a rapidly... Read more
Westview Replica Editions -- Preface -- Birth of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society -- The Struggle for Survival -- In Search of Ideology -- The ISS in Action -- The Quest for Allies -- The Crisis of World War I -- “Enemies of the Republic” -- Epilogue -- Constitution of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society -- Selected ISS Student Leaders and Members -- Officers and Members of ISS Executive Committee, 1905–1921 -- ISS College Chapters Active for Varying Periods, 1910–1917

Biography

Max Horn is special assistant to the president, Bronx Community College, City University of New York.