The other American : the life of Michael Harrington

The other American : the life of Michael Harrington / Maurice Isserman.

Explains why Michael Harrington fell into disfavor among young campus activists and how he lost the opportunity to make his democratic socialist perspective a relevant force in American politics. Isserman expertly tracks Harrington's beginnings in the Catholic Worker movement, his abandonment o...

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Main Author: Isserman, Maurice
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : PublicAffairs, c2000.
Subjects:
Harrington, Michael, > 1928-1989.
Social scientists > United States > Biography.
Political scientists > United States > Biography.
Socialists > United States > Biography.
Holy Cross Note:Rehm copy signed by the author.
Speakers & Fellows Collection
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Summary:Explains why Michael Harrington fell into disfavor among young campus activists and how he lost the opportunity to make his democratic socialist perspective a relevant force in American politics. Isserman expertly tracks Harrington's beginnings in the Catholic Worker movement, his abandonment of his once deeply-held Catholicism, his life in 1950s Greenwich Village, and his evolution as a thinker.
Physical Description:xi, 449 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1891620304
9781891620300
1586480367 (pbk.)
9781586480363 (pbk.)

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