The Other American : The Life of Michael Harrington
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (704 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1586480367 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 464 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Remarkably, Harrington bounced back to achieve great success in the 1970s, with the Democratic Agenda movement, which crafted significant progressive planks in the Democratic Party platform. . From Publishers Weekly As Isserman notes, along with Silent Spring and The Feminine Mystique, Michael Harrington's The Other America stood out in the early 1960s as a beacon illuminating a vital, neglected part of America's political landscape. Ironically, although his vocation was as a movement-builder, his book alone s
A First-rate Biography A Customer Maurice Isserman has written several books focused on the American left, principally the Communist Party. In this book, he focuses on the late Michael Harrington, "America's foremost democratic socialist." The book is highly successful in giving us a look at Harrington the man, although anyone interested in a history of the democratic socialist movement may be somewhat disappointed. Isserman fills many gaps in Harringon's two semi-autobiographical book. P. J. Sullivan said Pragmatism or Principle?. This is the story of Michael Harrington's struggle for relevance. He left the Catholic Worker in search of power to effect social change. A democratic socialist committed to improving the lot of the poor, he had to walk a tightrope between pragmatism and principle. Without selling out his socialist principles, he had to make forays into the Democratic Party, with mixed results. Democratic socialism, he said, was "the left wing of the possible." It was . Thoughtful Look At Socialist Activist Michael Harrington Barron Laycock Anyone familiar with the tortured history of American socialism can appreciate this fine and pensive biography of one of its leading 20th century luminaries, fabled socialist and humanist author Michael Harrington. Noted historian Maurice Isserman ("America Divided"-see my review) delivers a wonderful account that passionately and comprehensively covers the long and eventful arc of Harrington's amazingly productive and prolific writing and academic car
Isserman expertly tracks Harrington's beginnings in the Catholic Worke". "Most Americans first heard of Michael Harrington with the publication of The Other America, his seminal book on American poverty