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Socialism before Sanders

Jake Altman

Socialism before Sanders The 1930s Moment from Romance to Revisionism

Jake Altman Saline, MI, USA

ISBN 978-3-030-17175-9 ISBN 978-3-030-17176-6  (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17176-6 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Everett Collection Historical/Alamy Stock Photo This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

For Audrey, always.

Acknowledgements

I am grateful for the time and ideas that friends, colleagues, and mentors have shared with me while I worked on this project. I benefited from many friendships and much scholarly engagement at the University of Iowa. I’m grateful to Jake Hall, Josh Cochran, Matt Hodler, Avi Michael, Janet Weaver, John McKerley, Jason Whisler, Meghan Metler, Matt Mettler, Faye Bartram and many, many others for their friendship and help thinking through ideas in all the stages of this project. I am very fortunate to have great teachers. Shel Stromquist encouraged me throughout this project, and his patient and thoughtful efforts improved my craft. Landon Storrs provided very sound analysis of the work and pushing me to make it better. Doug Baynton, to whom I am also thankful for suggesting this title, Tina Parratt, and Charles Connerly all offered valuable help, and I greatly benefited from their seminars. Kristin Anderson-Bricker, Lee Zhu, David Salvaterra, Mark Kehren, Cindy Smith, and John Eby all deserve thanks for making me a historian. My friends in the labor movement, from whom I also learned much, deserve thanks: Kathy, Bill, and Ellen from Massachusetts and the fantas