The American Radical

By Mary Jo Buhle

Book Overview

The American Radical tells the story of American democracy from the late 18th century to the present through the lives of the women and men who have fought to advance it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415908043
• ISBN13: 9780415908047
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Inspiring accounts of radical lives

This book offers an inspiring set of biographical essays about the men and women of the American radical tradition, Written by a range of authors, they cover activists in a number of fields - from politics to journalism, from art to the labor movement - and describe how they left their mark on America. Some of the names are famous, others undeservedly obscure, but all readers will learn something about the lives and causes of these people that they never knew before. Today more than ever it's good to have this book, which reminds us about the individuals who championed unpopular causes and how they worked for the changes that made our country a better place.