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1 online resource (xii, 216 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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The working class in American history
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Working class in American history.
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| Summary |
"The project aims to recover the story, work, and influence of Slovenian immigrant and influential author Louis Adamic. Between the mid-1920s and his death in 1951, Adamic published thirteen books and over 500 articles in magazines such as The Nation, Harper's and the Saturday Evening Post. Crowds filled venues across the U.S. to hear him speak. High school teachers and college professors assigned his work in their courses, he won major fellowships and book awards, he consulted with Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, and he even succeeded in shaping American foreign policy through his activism for Slavic issues. The story of Adamic points to and revives the many narratives that got overwritten as the grand narrative of the Cold War dominated history: resistance to fascism, transnationalism, and immigrant identity, to name a few. And there's even a mystery surrounding Adamic's death--suicide or murder? Alas, it will remain unsolved, but it points to the importance of the man and his work. Adamic helps us make sense of the importance of transnationalism in a period of massive immigration, labor upheaval, and confrontations between entrenched political interests"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (208-216) and index. |
| Contents |
Modernism and exile : the origins of Louis Adamic's politics, 1898-1932 -- Liberating "shadow" America : antifascism, pluralism, and democracy, 1932-39 -- Smrt fasizmu, svoboda narodu! The life of a diasporic leader, 1939-45 -- "Peace as a world race problem" : the anti-imperialist in an anticommunist world, 1944-48 -- Anticommunists and death narratives -- Epilogue : antifascism today. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Adamic, Louis, 1899-1951.
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Adamic, Louis, 1899-1951. |
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Adamic, Louis, 1899-1951 -- Political and social views.
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Political and social views. |
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Slovenian Americans -- Biography.
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Slovenian Americans. |
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Biographies.
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Historians -- United States -- Biography.
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Historians. |
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United States. |
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Social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
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Social reformers. |
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Anti-fascist movements -- United States.
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Anti-fascist movements. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Enyeart, John P. (John Paul), 1970- Death to fascism. [Urbana, Illinois] : University of Illinois, [2019] 9780252042508 (DLC) 2019001393 (OCoLC)1057375704 |
| ISBN |
9780252051357 (electronic book) |
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0252051351 (electronic book) |
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9780252042508 |
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0252042506 |
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9780252084324 |
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0252084322 |
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