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This is an annotated guide to reference sources on radicalism in the United States, prepared by Peter Meyer Filardo. Please feel free to reproduce and distribute this guide. Comments and suggestions are welcome. Note: the call numbers herein reflect those in the Tamiment Library, NYU, and may not be applicable to your local library.
CONTENTS: DICTIONARIES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS, GUIDES, &HANDBOOKS RESEARCH COLLECTIONS &REPOSITORIES Last Updated: 25 July 2002 by Peter Meyer Filardo (Archivist, Tamiment Library). URL: http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/tam/guides.html [top]Although this guide was initially developed to assist the patrons of the Tamiment Library at New York University (a special collection devoted to the history of U.S. radicalism, labor, and progressive social movements), it should be of use to all who are researching the subject of U.S. radicalism. The reference sources were selected in accord with the following understanding of the scope of the topic. Radicalism is understood as those movements and world views fundamentally opposed (from a left, as opposed to a right or conservative perspective) to capitalism as a social system, i.e., private ownership of the means of production and a state that supports it, and a belief in the possibility of replacing capitalism with another (more egalitarian) social system. Within this shared framework exist divergent views on the shortcomings of capitalism, the nature of the desired alternative social system, and the means to achieve it. While most radicals try to achieve their aims through activism, including (in some instances) revolution, a minority have withdrawn from the larger world to set up utopian communities. The major strains of radicalism have been anarchism, communism, socialism, and social democracy, and within each, there have been differing viewpoints and sectarian divisions. Marxist ideas have been a key influence, and Marxist terminology is an important component of radicalism’s specialized vocabulary. Radicalism has typically been international in outlook, and at times organizationally as well. Other social movements, or portions thereof have at times been significantly influenced by, or adopted radical perspectives, notably the New Left, ecology, feminist, and labor movements, as well as nationalist and national liberation movements. Although radicalism has been a less powerful force in the U.S. than in much of the rest of the world, it has played a significant role in the history of the U.S. from the latter nineteenth century to the present. Much of what is now considered part of the political center or basic to our understanding of the U.S. is a result of the (mediated) influence of radical ideas and activism. Indeed, in an overarching and global sense, this time period can be understood as the story of how capitalism has managed the social strains its development engenders and how it has responded to, and has been shaped by fundamental challenges from the left (and from the right). While at this time, the notion of a viable alternative to capitalism seems distant or quixotic, progressive activism and activists continue to be animated, in large measure, by radical anti-capitalist perspectives. [top]HX83 .E45 Socialism and American life, Volume 2. Bibliography: Descriptive and Critical. Editors: Donald Drew Egbert and Stow Persons. Bibliographer: T. D. Seymour Bassett. Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1952. 575 p. Princeton studies in American civilization ; no. 4. This book length bibliographic essay, although dated, is still useful, especially for its coverage of the 19th century. Covers socialism, communism, anarchism, and utopianism. It is organized into six sections: the world setting of American socialism; types of American socialism; the doctrinal basis of American socialism; economic and political aspects of American socialism; sociological and psychological aspects of American socialism; socialist aesthetic theory and practice, and their effects on American art and literature. HX826 .Y4 1998 Yiddish anarchist bibliography / editor J. Patten. London: Kate Sharpley Library; Cambridge, MA : Anarchist Archives Project, c1998. 32 p. A selective bibliography. Entries in Yiddish with English translation. KF4856.C6 D52x Bibliography on the Communist problem in the United States. New York City, Fund for the Republic, 1955. 474 p. One of two seminal volumes produced 1953-55 under the auspices of the Fund -- the other was Digest of the Public Record of Communism in the United States (see Guides, below). Contains some 5000 annotated entries, arranged alphabetically by author. Most entries are for items produced by the U.S. Communist movement, including pamphlets and other ephemera, reports and resolutions, etc. The subject index (pp. 271-430) lists the entries in brief form. There are five appendices: native American radicalism–antecedents of organized communism; Communist ideology and theory; organization and objectives of world Communist parties, list of Communist and left-wing periodicals, Short reading list on communism, and Microfilm records of communist trials. PN56.U8 H38 1994 Utopian/dystopian literature : a bibliography of literary criticism / by Paul G. Haschak. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1994. 370 p. A checklist, arranged by author/work discussed. International coverage from antiquity to the present. Useful features include a bibliography, and title and critic indexes. Z1231.D7 D84 1992 The political left in the American theatre of the 1930's : a bibliographic sourcebook / compiled by Susan Duffy. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1992. 213 p. Contains 1267 entries, organized by format, and an index. While the entries for books about the theatre are annotated, those for plays lack plot summary or other annotation. Z1231.F4 H32 1985 A mirror for the nation : an annotated bibliography of American social fiction, 1901-1950 / Archibald Hanna. New York : Garland Pub., 1985. 472 p. Garland reference library of the humanities ; v. 595. Contains 3943 entries for novels (each with a one sentence plot-summary annotation), a list of bibliographies cited, and subject, title and illustrator indexes. Includes fiction about radicalism, or written from a radical perspective, within the much broader scope of social fiction. From the introduction: “The present work is an attempt to provide a...guide to...fiction...which is useful as source material for the economic, political and social history of the United States...” Z2014.C8 B84 Guide to Marxist literary criticism / compiled by Chris Bullock, David Peck. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1980. 176 p. Focus is on Marxism and English and North American literatures. Contains approximately 1800 entries, selectively annotated, organized into 15 topical sections, with critic and subject indexes. Some non-Marxist criticism included, and noted as NM. Z5069 .B38 Marxism and aesthetics: a selective annotated bibliography; books and articles in the English language / Lee Baxandall. New York, Humanities Press, 1968. 261 p. 28 cm. American Institute for Marxist Studies. Bibliographical series no. 4. Broad international coverage, with entries arranged by country. Entries are for popular and polemical items as well as scholarly and theoretical works. Topical index. Z5916 .K54 Traces of magma : an annotated bibliography of left literature / Rolf Knight. Vancouver, B.C. : Draegerman, c1983. 360 p."Basically an annotated bibliography of left wing novels ...[which] includes some collections of poetry, drama, and short stories."-- P. iii. Includes index. Contains more than 3000 entries for 20th century works by some 1500 authors in some 50 languages from over 90 countries, arranged geographically. Has an author index and a bibliographic sources essay. Z7161.A22 S6 no.54 Anarchism : contemporary theories : a bibliography / compiled by Joan Nordquist. Santa Cruz, CA : Reference and Research Services, 1999. 64 p. Social theory ; no. 54. Contains 685 entries, organized into three sections: contemporary theorists, contemporary theory, and resources. Z7161.A22 S6 no.56 Marxism and ecology : a bibliography / compiled by Joan Nordquist. Santa Cruz, CA : Reference and Research Services, 1999. 68 p. Social theory ; no. 56 Contains 614 entries, organized into these sections: Marx and Engels, Theorists (contemporary), Marxism and ecology, Socialism and ecology, and Ecofeminism, Marxism, socialism. No index. Z7164.A52 N87 1992 Anarchist thinkers and thought : an annotated bibliography / compiled and edited by Paul Nursey-Bray; with the assistance of Jim Jose and Robyn Williams. New York : Greenwood Press, 1992. 284 p. Bibliographies and indexes in law and political science ; no. 17. Contains 2251 entries for works published (originally or in translation) in English, including books, pamphlets, journals and articles. The bulk of the entries are for items by or about 40 leading American and European figures. Other bibliographic sections are: general theory and history, the anarchist experience (covering 18 countries), theses and dissertations, journals (historical and contemporary), and reference works. There are subject and name indexes. Z7164.C69 D37 1990 American communes to 1860 : bibliography / Philip N. Dare. New York : Garland Pub., 1990. 203 p. Sects and cults in America. Bibliographical guides ; Contains 1923 entries for monographs, articles, dissertations and theses, and primary source materials, arranged alphabetically by commune name. There is an index, and an extremely brief preface. Z7164.C69 M54 1990 American communes, 1860-1960 : a bibliography / Timothy Miller. New York : Garland Pub., 1990. 583 p. Sects and cults in America. Bibliographical guides ; v. 13. Contains 3051 annotated entries for monographs, articles, dissertations and theses, and primary source materials, arranged alphabetically by commune name, and an index. The introduction provides a good overview of the topic, and the scope and organization of the bibliography. Z7164.S66 J28 1992 The 1960s : an annotated bibliography of social and political movements in the United States / Rebecca Jackson. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, c1992. 237 p. Bibliographies and indexes in American history ; no. 24. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contains 1345 entries organized into 18 topical sections. Author, title and subject indexes. Z7164.S67 D4 The literature of communism in America; a selected reference guide / Robert Finley Delaney. Washington, Catholic University of America Press, 1962. 433 p. A bibliography, with annotations that are both descriptive and evaluative, and reflect the anti-communist views of the compiler. Z7164.S67 H4 1987 Communism and anti-communism in the United States : an annotated guide to historical writings / John Earl Haynes. New York : Garland, 1987. 321 p. Garland reference library of social science ; v. 379. Contains 2086 entries for books, essays, articles, and dissertations, organized into 37 (further subdivided) topical sections, and an author index. The author has been the editor of the Newsletter of the Historians of American Communism since 1982, and the compiler of its still extant feature “Writings on the History of American Communism.” Z7164.S67 K34 1990 Bibliography of the Communist International (1919-1979) / compiled and edited by Vilem Kahan. Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1990. 400 p. Includes index. This outstanding compilation contains 3186 numbered entries for materials published in more than a dozen languages, including preparatory materials, minutes and meeting bulletins, theses, resolutions, decisions, commentaries, etc. The bibliography is organized into four sections: reference materials and collections, the meetings and activities of the CI (the bulk of the entries), memoirs and personal accounts, literature and periodicals (about the CI). Vilem Kaham, who was a bibliographer at the IISH, has also supplied an introduction and an extensive scholarly apparatus (68 pp) which explicates, by means of essays and tables, the complexities of the CI, and includes surveys of its Congresses and Plenums, a chronology, a list of members and candidates, and lists of abbreviations and pseudonyms. Note: the table of contents is located on pp. 391-396. Z7164.S67 K52 1987 Communism in the world since 1945 : an annotated bibliography / Susan K. Kinnell, editor ; foreword by Herbert J. Ellison. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 1987. 415 p. Clio bibliography series ; 25. Contains 4151 entries, with abstracts, covering the years 1974-1985, organized geographically, including “Communism in the United States and Canada.” The entries for journal articles were selected from America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts, and includes substantial coverage of journals published in Communist countries. Book coverage is selective. Useful features include lists (abbreviations, abstracters, acronymns, periodicals) and author and subject indexes. Z7164.S67 N35 1987 Eurocommunism, 1968-1986 : a selected bibliography / Olga A. Narkiewicz. London ; New York : Mansell Pub., 1987. 188 p. Eurocommunism was a left social democratic current that flourished in Western European Communist parties from the late 1960s through the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The works of the Italian Communist thinker Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) were a key influence. Organized into two sections, monographic and serials sources, each arranged alphabetically. Although there is no index, there is a useful introduction, and most entries are annotated. Entries are in English and various European languages. Z7164.S67 S38 Communism in the United States; a bibliography. Compiled and edited by Joel Seidman, assisted by Olive Golden and Yaffa Draznin. Ithaca [N.Y.] Cornell University Press [1969]. 526 p. Contains some 6,000 entries for works in English (with paragraph-length annotations). Includes documentary and ephemeral items produced by the communist movement as well as works about communism. A revision and updating of the 1955 Bibliography published by the Fund for the Republic (see above, KF4856.C6D52x). Z7164.S67 S58 2001 Socialist internationals : a bibliography : publications of the social-democratic and socialist internationals 1914-2000 / a project by the International Association of Labour History Institutions (IALHI) ; compiled by Gerd Callesen. Bonn : Published by the Bibliothek der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung for the International Association of Labour History Institutions, 2001. 167 p. Additions to the bibliography will be available at <http://library.fes.de/english/si.html>. A guide to the publications of the international organizations to which a portion of the U.S. socialist left was/is affiliated. In 1914 the Second International splintered under the impact of World War I and the Russian Revolution of 1917 (which led to the formation of the Communist International, 1919-1943). However, it was reconstituted as the Labour and Socialist International (1923-1940), and subsequently, the Socialist International (1951-). In addition to this umbrella organization, there are entries (with brief historical introductions) for the publications of almost 40 more specialized organizations (12 are still active), some ephemeral, many not affiliated with the LSI/IS, although sharing a socialist perspective, which were focused around an issue, occupation, nationality or region, as well as women’s and youth organizations. The various publications of each organization are listed in their original languages, in almost all cases. Useful features include a list of abbreviations, and of extant libraries and organizations. Z7164.S67 S86 The Communist International and its front organizations : a research guide and checklist of holdings in American and European libraries / by Witold S. Sworakowski. Stanford: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford University, 1965. 493 p. Hoover Institution bibliographical series ; 21. Some 2300 numbered entries, selectively annotated, and arranged topically, for the book and pamphlet holdings of 44 U.S. and 4 European libraries. Some 75% of the entries are for items by or about the CI, while the remainder concern its 6 main front organizations: The Red International of Labor Unions, the Communist Youth International, the International Red Aid, the International Peasants’ Council (Peasants’ International), the Workers’ International Relief, and the Communist Women’s Organization. There is an excellent lengthy introduction to this complex subject and to the bibliographic issues involved. There are three appendices (location codes, transliteration table [from the Russian], key to abbreviations), and an index. Z7164.S67 V36 1991 Latin American Marxism : a bibliography / Harry E. Vanden. New York : Garland Pub., 1991. 869 p. Garland reference library of social science ; v. 137. Contains 6358 entries, selectively annotated. The principal languages are, respectively: Spanish, English, Portugese, and French, with some materials in German, Russian, and other languages. Organized into four chronological periods (to 1920, 1921-1945, 1946-1960, 1961-1980s), and arranged by country therein. Author index. Z7164.T7 M54 1986 Something in common : an IWW bibliography / compiled by Dione Miles. Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 1986. 560 p. Contains 4895 entries, briefly annotated, and organized by format. In addition to books, pamphlets, dissertations and serial articles, there are selected government documents and publications, miscellaneous writings (historical, dramatic, poetic, fictional), an index of journals cited, and an annotated list of IWW newspapers and magazines. There is an author/subject index, a chronology, and list of abbreviations. Z8886.5 .L8 1999 Trotsky bibliography : an international classified list of publications about Leon Trotsky and Trotskyism, 1905-1998 / compiled and edited by Wolfgang and Petra Lubitz. 3rd. totally rev. and enlarged ed. Munchen ; K.G. Saur, 1999. 2 v. A monumental work, containing some 9500 entries for scholarly and polemical items in some 25 languages and published in some 50 countries. Covers a wide variety of forms, including books, articles, dissertations, government documents, primary source materials, reviews, obituaries, proceedings, fesctschriften, etc. Organized topically, with review material listed separately. The scholarly apparatus includes lengthy author, title, source, series, dissertation, and conference indexes, and a list of abbreviations. Z8886.5 .S52 1989 Trotsky : a bibliography / Louis Sinclair. Aldershot [England] ; Brookfield, Vt. : Scolar, 1989. 2 v. (xix, 1350 p.)"The aim of the present project is to combine the published and unpublished Trotsky writings in a comprehensive bibliography ..."--Vol. 1, p. vi-vii. Includes bibliographical references. A monumental work, containing some 17000 entries, arranged chronologically, for unpublished and published items (in numerous languages), including multiple editions and other variants. The scholarly apparatus includes consolidated lists of books, periodicals, bulletins and secondary sources. [top]HN59 .L43 1994 Leaders from the 1960s : a biographical sourcebook of American activism / edited by David DeLeon. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994. 601 p. Eighty signed entries, with bibliographies, and index. The entries are grouped into six sections: racial democracy, peace and freedom, sexuality and gender, for a safe environment, radical culture, visions of alternative societies. Each section contains an introductory essay with bibliography. HX11.I5 K52117 Komintern : l'histoire et les hommes : dictionnaire biographique de l'Internationale communiste en France, en Belgique, au Luxembourg, en Suisse et a Moscou (1919-1943) / sous la direction de Jose Gotovitch et Mikhail Narinski, et al. Paris : Editions de l'Atelier, 2001. 604 pp. HX23 .B568 1986 Biographical dictionary of Marxism / edited by Robert A. Gorman. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1986. 388 p.
Contains 210 signed entries for ‘materialist’ Marxian theoreticians and activists worldwide (i.e., those associated with the Communist movement), five group entries, and an index. Each entry concludes with a list of primary and secondary readings, and an appendix lists entrants by nationality. HX23 .B57 1985 Biographical dictionary of neo-Marxism / edited by Robert A. Gorman. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1985. 463 p.
Contains 205 signed biographical entries for ‘non-materialist’ ‘Neo-Marxian’ theoreticians and activists (i.e, those not associated with the Communist movement), and 10 group entries, and an index. Each entry concludes with a list of primary and secondary readings and an appendix lists entrants by nationality. An introduction, “The Mosaic of Marxism,” presents the editor’s somewhat idiosyncratic analysis of the variety of Marxist thought. HX23 .L35 1986 Biographical dictionary of the Comintern / by Branko Lazitch in collaboration with Milorad M. Drachkovitch. New, rev. and expanded ed. Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, 1986. 532 p.
The Communist International (aka Comintern), 1919-1943, headquartered in Moscow, was the international organization of Communist parties. The dictionary contains biographies of 753 individuals from around the world who served as CI officers, officials, representatives, and staff; and as leaders of related organizations, such as the Communist Youth International and the Red Trade Union International; graduates of the CI’s training schools, and delegates to/speakers at CI congresses who became important figures in the movement. Useful features include a guide to abbreviations (30 paragraph-length entries), a list of 435 pseudonyms, and a list of biographies. HX84.A2 B56 1986 Biographical dictionary of the American Left / edited by Bernard K. Johnpoll and Harvey Klehr. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, c1986. 493 p.
Some 275 entries (each concludes with a sources note) by some 40 contributors. About 80% are for people born between 1860 and 1914. About 10% are for women, and there are only a few entries for New Left figures. Coverage of radical labor leaders is highly selective and is almost entirely limited to those who were also officials of radical political parties. Appendices include: Chronology of key events, Major radical party affiliation and year of entry, Place of birth, Birthdate (and death), Ethnic origin, and Those who abandoned the radical movement. DICTIONARIES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS, GUIDES, & HANDBOOKS [top]E743.5 .K57 1996 Encyclopedia of the McCarthy era / William K. Klingaman. New York : Facts on File, 1996. 502 p. Contains over 250 entries, most for individuals (from conservative to radical), a chronology, a brief bibliography, and an index. There are 17 appendices (68 pp), each consisting of a contemporary document, such as executive orders, testimony, and important speeches. F128.18 .G57 1984 The New York red pages : a radical tourist guide / by Toby and Gene Glickman. New York : Praeger, 1984. 156 p. Fifteen walking tours of lower Manhattan. Illustrations and maps, index. F128.18 .K38 1999 Radical walking tours of New York City / Bruce Kayton ; maps by Renee Michaels. A Seven Stories Press 1st ed. New York : Seven Stories Press, c1999. 206 p. Thirteen walking tours of Manhattan, including Harlem and Central Park. Illustrations and maps, no index. GE195 .P36 1998 Historical dictionary of the green movement / Elim Papadakis. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1998. 223 p. Historical dictionaries of religions, philosophies, and movements ; no. 20. International coverage. Useful features include a substantive introduction, a bibliography, and a chronology. HM278 .P76 1997 Protest, power, and change : an encyclopedia of nonviolent action from ACT-UP to women's suffrage / editors, Roger S. Powers, William B. Vogele ; associate editors, Christopher Kruegler, Ronald M. McCarthy. New York : Garland Pub., 1997. 610 p. Garland reference library of the humanities ; vol. 1625. Some 250 signed entries, by activists and scholars, with bibliographical references. International coverage. Useful features include a categorical listing of entries, and an index. HN17.5 .R356 1995 The radicalism handbook : radical activists groups and movements of the twentieth century / [compiled by] John Button. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1995. 460 p. International coverage, with the number of entries for U.S. and British radicals limited to 25% and 15% of the total of 360 entries for individuals, of which more than 40% are for women. There are also some 75 entries for groups and movements, and entries for 37 radical forerunners. There is a lengthy introductory essay, three appendices (activists by country, activists by main areas of activity, other notable American radicals), and an index. Each entry contains a brief bibliography. HN90.R3 B776 1998 Images of American radicalism / by Paul Buhle and Edmund B. Sullivan ; [foreword by Howard Fast]. Hanover, Mass. ; The Christopher Pub. House, c1998. 462 p., 72 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), facsims, ports. An illustrated scholarly history of the iconography of American radicalism. A unique and important work, containing hundreds of images, many rare or unusual. HX17 .D5 1991 A Dictionary of Marxist thought / edited by Tom Bottomore. 2nd ed. Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell Reference, 1991. 647 p. Contains signed entries (with suggested further readings) by some 100 American and British academics. Entries are for concepts and terms, and for leading figures. Coverage is international with a Western focus. There is an extensive bibliography, and an index. HX17 .D63 1997 Historical dictionary of socialism / James C. Docherty. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1997. 395 p. : ill. Historical dictionaries of religions, philosophies, and movements ; no. 16. Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-393).
Contains 327 entries on individuals, organizations, and concepts. Coverage is international, and spans the 19th and 20th centuries. Useful features include a brief list of abbreviations and acronyms, three substantial appendices (glossary, chronology, statistics), and a lengthy (64 pp) bibliography organized by topic and format. HX17 .W54 An encyclopedic dictionary of Marxism, socialism and communism : economic, philosophical, political and sociological theories, concepts, institutions and practices--classical and modern, East-West relations included / J. Wilczynski. Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, 1981. 660 p. More than 3500 brief entries. Coverage is strongest for the Soviet Union and China, and for the ephemeral and practical terminology and phraseology of communist activity and culture. No index. HX86 .E58 1998 Encyclopedia of the American left / edited by Mari Jo Buhle, Paul Buhle, and Dan Georgakas. 2nd ed. New York : Oxford University Press, 1998. 988 p.
Unique as a reference work covering the full scope of the radical left, from the pre-Civil War era to the recent past, with strongest coverage of the cultural and ethnic aspects of radicalism. There are some 500 entries (which include suggestions for further reading) by some 300 contributors, including both scholars and movement veterans. While left-led labor unions are covered, entries for radical union leaders are largely limited to those who were also officials of radical political parties. Useful features include a glossary, a synoptic outline of contents, a general bibliography, an index, and notes on contributors. HX626 .T73 1999 Utopias and utopians : an historical dictionary / Richard C. S. Trahair. London : Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999. 480 p. International coverage, from antiquity to the present. Some 620 selective entries, evenly divided between individuals and communities, with source notes. There is an index, and a list of selected readings. HX653 .F65 Dictionary of American communal and utopian history / Robert S. Fogarty. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1980. 271 p. Contains entries (with source notes) for 140 leading figures and 59 important utopian communities, and a selected bibliography and an index. There are also two lengthy appendices: an annotated list of communal and utopian societies, 1787-1919, and a bibliographical essay, “Communal history in America.” HX653 .S65 1998 Encyclopedia of American communes, 1663-1963 / Foster Stockwell. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c1998. 262 p. Entries for 516 communes, defined as institutions which both rejected and withdrew from the larger capitalist-based political economy. Useful features include a bibliography, an index, a list of communes by year of formation, and a list of government projects (145 New Deal-era cooperative farms and communities). HX830 .G39 1999 Encyclopedia of political anarchy / Kathlyn Gay and Martin K. Gay. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1999. 242 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-234) and index. Entries (with references) for individuals, and for concepts, events, and organizations. Contains a bibliography, index, and a brief appendix, “Internet anarchism.” JK1764 .D53 1998 Encyclopedia of American activism, 1960 to the present / Margaret B. DiCanio. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1998. 322 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-307) and index. Coverage of progressive activism through brief, superficial entries on individuals and organizations. JX1250 .L447 1996 The left guide : a guide to left-of-center organizations / edited by Derk Arend Wilcox. First edition. Ann Arbor, MI : Economics America, Inc., 1996. 516 p. More than 1000 standardized, detailed profiles supplied by then-extant organizations and periodicals. Contains information on mission and activities, officers, finances, and grants received. Useful features include subject and geographic listings of the organizations, a keyword index, and a list of defunct organizations. KF4856.C6 D5 Digest of the public record of communism in the United States. New York City, Fund for the Republic, 1955. 753 p. The first of seminal two volumes produced under the auspices of the Fund – the other was Bibliography on the Communist Problem in the United States (see Bibliographies, above). This work is essentially an annotated list of Federal statutes, regulations and decisions, State statues and decisions, and Public documents. Useful features include a detailed table of contents, a table of cases, a list of Records of Communist trials microfilmed by the Fund, and a detailed index. PN56.D94 B66 1994 Dystopian literature : a theory and research guide / M. Keith Booker. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994. 408 p. Covers, via essays, modern cultural criticism (8 leading figures), novels, drama, and film (96 works), most from the 20th century. There is a substantial bibliography, and an index. PN56.U8 S66 1995 Encyclopedia of utopian literature / Mary Ellen Snodgrass. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 1995. 644 p. International coverage from antiquity to the present. Entries are cross-referenced. In addition to a substantial bibliography, and index, there are three appendices: primary sources, titles featured in the text, and titles featured in the text, by date. PN1995.9.P6 B66 1999 Film and the American left : a research guide / M. Keith Booker. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999. 427 p.
Contains 260+ chronologically arranged entries for films made between 1904 and 1998 that have either addressed ideas and issues of concern to the American left or at least included central contributions from writers, directors, and actors with leftist inclinations or associations. Useful features include films listed by title and by director, an index, and an extensive bibliography. PS374.P6 B66 1999 The modern American novel of the left : a research guide / M. Keith Booker. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, c1999. 412 p.
Contains 170+ entries, arranged alphabetically by author, for the most significant left novels published between 1890 and 1998, i.e., those that were informed by a fundamental critique of capitalism. Useful features include “Selected critical, historical, and theoretical works,” a chronological list of the novels, an index and an extensive bibliography. Z7964.U49 B84 1983 Women and the American left : a guide to sources / Mari Jo Buhle. Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, 1983. 281 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contains 595 entries plus index. Within four chronological periods covering 1871-1981, they are organized into histories & general works, autobiographies & biographies, books & pamphlets, periodicals, fiction & poetry. [top]American Communist History. New York, Carfax Publishing. v. 1-, 2002- . Semiannual. A scholarly journal. The second issue of each volume contains the “American Communist History Annual Bibliography,” by Peter Meyer Filardo (Tamiment Library, NYU), an extensive compilation of materials from the previous calendar year. Also contains articles describing archival and manuscript collections and repositories. Newsletter of the Historians of American Communism. [Alexandria, Va.] : Historians of American Communism, 1982-; Vol. 1, no. 1 (June 1982)-; Quarterly. The bulk of each issue consists of “Writings on the History of American Communism,” an informal selective annotated bibliography, compiled by editor John Haynes, notable for coverage of items of current professional interest. [top]HX1 .A49 The American radical press, 1880-1960. Edited with an introd. by Joseph R. Conlin. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press [1974] 2 v. (xiv, 720 p.) Contains 100 signed essays on 119 radical periodicals, most having been written as introductions for Greenwood Press' Radical Periodicals in the United States reprint series. The entries are organized into twelve thematic sections (each introduced by the editor): Early Radical Periodicals; Socialist Party Press, 1900-1919; Wobbly Papers; Journals of the Bolshevik Crisis; Publications of the Socialists; Communist Press; Sects and Splinter Groups; Anarchist Publications; Independent & Ad Hoc Journals; Theoretical Journals, Little Magazines, and the Arts; Personal Journalism; Postwar Journals. Index. PN4784.U53 A565 1999 Annotations : a guide to the independent critical press / [edited by Marie Jones ; foreword by James Weinstein]. 2nd updated ed. Baltimore : Alternative Press Center ; San Francisco: Independent Press Association, c1999. 512 p. Published by the publishers of the Alternative Press Index. Entries for 328 current periodicals provide description of contents and perspective, along with contact and circulation/subscription information. Usefulness is greatly enhanced by the following sections, which comprise 40% of the volume: Selected reference sources, Editorial manuscript & information, Columnists and noted contributors, Financial & staff information, Indexing & abstracting, Full text availability, Microform availability, Periodical reviews, Subject index. Z6953.5.A1 H63 1987 The immigrant labor press in North America, 1840s-1970s : an annotated bibliography / edited by Dirk Hoerder, Christiane Harzig. New York : Greenwood Press, 1987. 3v. Bibliographies and indexes in American history ; no. 4. CONTENTS :v. 1. Migrants from Northern Europe. -- v. 2. Migrants from eastern and southeastern Europe -- v. 3. Migrants from southern and western Europe. Includes indexes. Many of the titles covered in this excellent scholarly work were radical in orientation or contained significant radical content. Z7164.S67 G57 1977 Radical periodicals in America, 1890-1950 : a bibliography with brief notes. / by Walter Goldwater. 3d ed. New York : University Place Book Shop, 1977, c1964. 56 p. Contains 321 entries, a genealogical chart and a concise lexicon of the parties and groups which issued them, a brief bibliography, editor and organization indexes. Goldwater was a bookseller and collector, and veteran of the left, whose notable collection of works by African American authors was donated to NYU’s Fales Library. [top] Alternative press index. [College Park, Md.], : Alternative Press Centre, 1969-. Vol. 1 (July/Dec. 1969)-. Quarterly. Suspended 1972-1973. Available also online via the World Wide Web. Citations to articles published in over 250 (popular & scholarly) alternative, radical, and leftist publications in the U.S. Approximately 90% of the API's coverage is not found in the Reader's Guide or the Social Sciences Index.
America: History and Life. 1964-present Searchable index to citations related to the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada from prehistoric times to the present. Abstracts of articles from about 900 journals published in the U.S. and Canada. Also includes citations to book reviews and dissertations. Very comprehensive for all topics in US History. Citations & abstracts only. Daily Worker: Index of Selected Photographs From July, 1927 through December, 1942 / Re-compiled by Peter Meyer Filardo; Originally compiled by Benjamin Mandel, for the Special Committee on Un-American Activities, as Index of photographs in the Daily Worker from February 2, 1922 to December 31, 1942. New York: Tamiment Library, New York University, 1997, 95 p. (3457 entries).
Note: The original title reflects the existence of a handful of entries for photographs prior to July 1927. The original unpublished typescript was discovered in the Counterattack Research Files, an anti-communist collection held by the Tamiment Library. Within each letter of the alphabet, the entries were in no discernable order. The staff of the Library (using the word processing program WordPerfect) entered the data into a table containing six columns: last name, first name, year, month, day, DW page#. The table was sorted on all six columns, yielding the document below. This is a selective index – the 3457 entries represent the indexing of an average of less than one photograph per issue for the years 1927-1942. The left index. Santa Cruz, CA : Left Index, [c1982]-c2000. PUBLISHED :1982, no. 1 (spring 1982) - 1999, no. 4 (winter 1999). Discontinued. Covered scholarly English language left wing periodicals. Included a subject and a book review index. [top]HV8144.F43 H35 1993 Unlocking the files of the FBI : a guide to its records and classification system / Gerald K. Haines and David A. Langbart. Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 1993. 348 p. A guide by an historian and an archivist, both with expertise in this area. Covers not only the main FBI investigative files, but the FBI Unclassified Indexes, and the Special Files (including J. Edgar Hoover’s Official and Confidential file). There are twelve important appendices (pp 267-322), including abbreviations, symbols used, and records released under the Freedom of Information Act. There are also FBI organizational charts, and an index. HX83 .A49 1987 American communism and black Americans : a documentary history, 1919-1929 / edited by Philip S. Foner and James S. Allen. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1987. 235 p. HX83 .A49 1990 American communism and Black Americans : a documentary history, 1930-1934 / edited by Philip S. Foner and Herbert Shapiro. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1991. 381 p. Contains items from Communist and African-American publications and documents of the Communist movement. Foner was a labor historian associated with the Communist Party. Index. HX83 .K557 1995 The secret world of American communism / Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes, and Fridrikh Igorevich Firsov; Russian documents translated by Timothy D. Sergay. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1995. 348 p. Documents from the former Soviet archives, interwoven with analysis and commentary, focusing on the relationship between domestic and international communism. A scholarly work but also reflective of the interests and anti-communist perspectives of the authors. JK2391.C5 H39 1999 Venona : decoding Soviet espionage in America / John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr. New Haven : Yale University Press, c1999. 487 p. : Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-475) and index. Documents from the former Soviet archives, interwoven with analysis and commentary, focusing on the relationship between domestic and international communism. A scholarly work but also reflective of the interests and anti-communist perspectives of the authors. JK2391.C5 K563 1998 The Soviet world of American communism / Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes, and Kyrill Mikhailovich Anderson. New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 1998. 378 p. Documents from the former Soviet archives, interwoven with analysis and commentary, focusing on the relationship between domestic and international communism. A scholarly work but also reflective of the interests and anti-communist perspectives of the authors. JN2391 .D63 1994 A documentary history of the Communist Party of the United States / edited by Bernard K. Johnpoll. New York : Greenwood Press, 1994. 8 v. Fascimile reproductions of published and unpublished documents, with bibliographic references, and an index in each of the eight chronologically arranged volumes, which are respectively titled: v. 1. Gestation and birth, 1918-1928 -- v. 2. Toil and trouble, 1928-1933 -- v. 3. Unite and fight, 1934-1935 -- v. 4. People's front, 1935-1937 -- v. 5. Twentieth-century Americanism, 1937-1939 -- v. 6. The Yanks are not coming, 1939 - 1941 -- v. 7. The Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945 -- v. 8. The Party is over, 1946-1992. Z7165.U5 K43 The American left, 1955-1970 : a national union catalog of pamphlets published in the United States and Canada / edited and compiled by Ned Kehde. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1976. 515 p. Contains 4018 library catalog style entries (including subject headings) with abbreviations indicating the libraries holding the items, arranged alphabetically, with an index. Coverage of both the New and Old Left. United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities. E743.5 .A28 Cumulative index to publications of the Committee on Un-American Activities, 1938-1954. Washington, U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1962. 1344 p. HX80 .H999 1955-1968 Supplement to cumulative index to publications of the Committee on Un-American Activities, 1955 through 1968 (84th through 90th Congresses). Washington, U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1970. 994 p. Together, a comprehensive index to the approximately 100 volumes of HUAC publications, including witnesses’ testimony. Organized by individuals, publications and organizations. RESEARCH COLLECTIONS & REPOSITORIES [top]Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace. Stanford University. < http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/> Founded in 1919 by Herbert Hoover as a specialized collection of documents on the causes and consequences of World War I, the collection is now one of the largest archives (50 million documents) and most complete libraries (1.6 million volumes) in the world devoted to political, economic, and social change in the twentieth century. Worldwide scope, with very strong holdings on International Communism. There is also an active research and publications program. See also Guide to the Hoover Institution archives / Charles G. Palm and Dale Reed. Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, c1980. International Institute of Social History (Amsterdam).http://www.iisg.nl/> The premier repository for the study of anarchism, social democracy and socialism, with extensive holdings on communism, and on recent progressive movements. While strongest for Europe, the scope of the collection is international, and there is an active research and publications program. The website provides access not only to guides and catalogs, but to much of the holdings, which include materials in all formats, both published and unpublished. See also Guide to the international archives and collections at the IISH, Amsterdam / Jaap Haag and Atie van der Horst (eds.). Amsterdam : International Institute of Social History, 1999. 608 p. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division. http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/> The highlight of LC’s generally strong collections in American radicalism are the Records of the Communist Party of the United States of America, 1914-1944, 326 reels of microfilm, which reproduces fond 515, opis 1 of the Records of the Communist Party of the United States of America (mostly in English) from the holdings of the Russian Center for the Preservation and Study of Documents of Recent History in Moscow, Russia. A copy of the inventory for this collection is available at the Tamiment Library.
State Historical Society of Wisconsin (aka WHS). Social Action Collections. http://www.shsw.wisc.edu/archives/readroom/socacol.html A product of the Progressive/LaFollette legacy, this is the oldest and perhaps largest U.S. collection in the field. See also Social action collections at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin : a guide / by Menzi L. Behrnd-Klodt and Carolyn J. Mattern. Madison : The Society, 1983. 158 p. Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University. < http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/tam> Originally the library of the Rand School of Social Science (1906-1956) the pioneering workers’ school, is especially strong in New York radicalism, and is unique in its combination of radical and labor (including labor radicalism) holdings. For a description of its older manuscript holdings see Guide to the manuscript collection of the Tamiment Library / compiled by the staff of the Tamiment collection ; Dorothy Swanson, librarian. New York : Garland Pub., 1977. 82 p. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. http://www.archives.gov/index.html> An important part of the documentation of American radicalism is found in the records of the three branches of the federal government, especially in the areas of legislation, law enforcement, federal employment, and surveillance. While the compilation of FBI files on radical groups and persons is well known, important research files were also generated by Congressional committee staffs (notably HUAC), and by the Office of the Attorney General. (See also Unlocking the files..., above, under Guides). [top]Anarchy Archives: An Online Research Center on the History and Theory of Anarchism < http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/archivehome.html> Contains useful material on prominent anarchists, publications, and anarchist history. Site apparently created & maintained by an anarchist professor. H-Radhist. < http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~radhist/ “...discusses historical, theoretical and political issues that...emerge from the study of history from a radical perspective...” The main feature is the collection of monthly discussion logs. Informally associated with the journal Radical History Review. IGC Internet (“the internet’s progressive gateway”) < http://www.igc.org/igc/gateway/index.html The mission of IGC is to advance the work of progressive organizations and individuals for peace, justice, economic opportunity, human rights, democracy and environmental sustainability through strategic use of online technologies. The List of Lists at Marxism.org < http://www.marxism.org/ Includes: Marxism lists, Progressive lists, Meta lists, Resources, the Classics. “Your source of comprehensive, accurate & relatively objective info about the expanding universe of marxism related email lists.” The Marxism Mailing List < http://www.marxmail.org/ “The Marxism list is a worldwide moderated forum for activists and scholars in the Marxist tradition who favor a non-sectarian and non-dogmatic approach.” In the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union, a forum whose participants appear to have Trotskyist, Communist or left Social Democratic backgrounds and/or perspectives. Society for Utopian Studies <
Founded in 1975...is an international, interdisciplinary association devoted to the study of utopianism in all its forms, with a particular emphasis on literary and experimental utopias. Scholars representing a wide variety of disciplines are active in the association, and approach utopian studies from such diverse backgrounds...The Society sponsors an annual scholarly meeting and publishes the journal Utopian Studies and a newsletter, Utopus Discovered, and maintains two listservs: H-UTOPIA (moderated scholarly discussion and exchange) and UTOPIA-L (unmoderated). |
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