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11%OFFRandi Storch - Red Chicago: American Communism at Its Grassroots, 1928-35 - 9780252076381 - V9780252076381
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Red Chicago: American Communism at Its Grassroots, 1928-35

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Description for Red Chicago: American Communism at Its Grassroots, 1928-35 Paperback. Realities of the street-level American Communist experience during the worst years of the Depression Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 photographs; 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.

Red Chicago is a social history of American Communism set within the context of Chicago's neighborhoods, industries, and radical traditions. Using local party records, oral histories, union records, party newspapers, and government documents, Randi Storch fills the gap between Leninist principles and the day-to-day activities of Chicago's rank-and-file Communists.

Uncovering rich new evidence from Moscow's former party archive, Storch argues that although the American Communist Party was an international organization strongly influenced by the Soviet Union, at the city level it was a more vibrant and flexible organization responsible to local needs and concerns. Thus, while working for a better welfare ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
The Working Class in American History
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252076381
SKU
V9780252076381
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About Randi Storch
Randi Storch is an associate professor of history at the State University of New York College at Cortland.

Reviews for Red Chicago: American Communism at Its Grassroots, 1928-35
"An engaging look at the final years of Chicago's reign as the left-wing capital of America."
Chicago Tribune "Red Chicago makes an important contribution, integrating Communist history into the broader history of the working class and challenging the recent historiography that has dismissed the local context in favor of a top-down view."
Journal of Illinois History "An interesting story of a period ... Read more

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