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William Z. Foster and the Tragedy of American Radicalism (Working Class in American History) by James R. Barrett is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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In this trenchant work, James Barrett traces the political journey of a leading worker radical whose life and experiences encapsulate radicalism's rise and fall in the United States. <p> A self-educated wage earner raised in the slums of a large industrial city, William Z. Foster became a brilliant union organizer who helped build the American Federation of Labor and, later, radical Trade Union Educational League. Embracing socialism, syndicalism, and communism in turn, Foster rose through the r
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- Author
- James R. Barrett
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780252020469
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Memoir
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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