The Communist International and US Communism, 1919-1929 / by Jacob A. Zumoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zumoff, Jacob A., author.

Series:

Historical materialism book series ; 82.

Historical materialism book series ; volume 82

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communist International--History--20th century.

Communist International.

Communist Party of the United States of America--History--20th century.

Communist Party of the United States of America.

Communism--United States--History--20th century.

Communism.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

xi, 443 pages ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Communist International and United States Communism

Place of Publication:

Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2014]

Contents:

1 The Formation of the Communist Party, 1912-21 24

2 The Fight for Legality 49

3 Communists and the Labour Movement 74

4 William Z. Foster and the Turn Towards the Labour Movement 98

5 The Farmer-Labor Party 112

6 The La Follette Fiasco, 1923-4 130

7 The Double-Edged Sword of 'Bolshevisation', 1924-6 152

8 The Foreign-Language Federations and 'Bolshevisation' 172

9 Factionalism and Mass Work, 1925-7 187

10 The Death of Ruthenberg and the Ascension of Lovestone, 1926-7 205

11 Lovestone Between Bukharin and Stalin, 1927-8 223

12 The "Third Period", the Sixth Congress and the Elimination of Opposition, 1928-9 249

13 Lovestone Becomes a Lovestoneite, 1928-9 266

14 The 'Negro Question' to the Fourth Comintern Congress 287

15 The 'Negro Question' from the Fourth to the Sixth Congress 312

16 The Sixth Congress and the 'Negro Question' 330

17 'Self-Determination' and Comintern Intervention 352.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9004219609

9789004219601

OCLC:

872222128

Publisher Number:

99960217008