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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zumoff, Jacob A., author.

Series:

Historical materialism book series ; Volume 82.

Historical Materialism Book Series, 1570-1522 ; Volume 82

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Communism.

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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (455 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the Cold War, most historians have set up an opposition between the “American” and “international” aspects of early American Communism. This book examines the development of the Communist Party in its first decade, from 1919 to 1929. Using the archives of the Communist International, this book, in contrast to previous studies, argues that the International played an important role in the early part of this decade in forcing the party to “Americanise”. Special attention is given to the attempts by the Comintern to orient American Communists on the role of black oppression, and to see the struggle for black liberation and the fight for socialism as inextricably linked. The later sections of the book provide the most detailed account now available of how the Comintern, reflecting the Stalinisation of the Soviet Union, intervened in the American party to ensure the Stalinisation of American Communism.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Jacob A. Zumoff

Introduction: History and Historiography of American Communism in the 1920's / Jacob A. Zumoff

1 The Formation of the Communist Party, 1912–21 / Jacob A. Zumoff

2 The Fight for Legality / Jacob A. Zumoff

3 Communists and the Labour Movement / Jacob A. Zumoff

4 William Z. Foster and the Turn Towards the Labour Movement / Jacob A. Zumoff

5 The Farmer-Labor Party / Jacob A. Zumoff

6 The La Follette Fiasco, 1923–4 / Jacob A. Zumoff

7 The Double-Edged Sword of ‘Bolshevisation’, 1924–6 / Jacob A. Zumoff

8 The Foreign-Language Federations and ‘Bolshevisation’ / Jacob A. Zumoff

9 Factionalism and Mass Work, 1925–7 / Jacob A. Zumoff

10 The Death of Ruthenberg and the Ascension of Lovestone, 1926–7 / Jacob A. Zumoff

11 Lovestone Between Bukharin and Stalin, 1927–8 / Jacob A. Zumoff

12 The ‘Third Period’, the Sixth Congress and the Elimination of Opposition, 1928–9 / Jacob A. Zumoff

13 Lovestone Becomes a Lovestoneite, 1928–9 / Jacob A. Zumoff

14 The ‘Negro Question’ to the Fourth Comintern Congress / Jacob A. Zumoff

15 The ‘Negro Question’ from the Fourth to the Sixth Congress / Jacob A. Zumoff

16 The Sixth Congress and the ‘Negro Question’ / Jacob A. Zumoff

17 ‘Self-Determination’ and Comintern Intervention / Jacob A. Zumoff

Conclusion / Jacob A. Zumoff

Bibliography and Works Cited / Jacob A. Zumoff

Index / Jacob A. Zumoff.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-26889-8

OCLC:

900892874