An American Dissenter

The Life of Algie Martin Simons 1870–1950

Kent Kreuter, Gretchen Kreuter

• Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
• Year: 2014
• ISBN:
  9780813163703
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Political Biographies
• Index: Politics & International Relations

In this biography of Algie Martin Simons, a major figure in the Socialist party of America, Kent and Gretchen Kreuter show the widely ranging social activities that brought Simons into touch with many of the movements and personalities of his time. As a propagandist and historian, Simons wrote the first thoroughgoing Marxist account of American history. As a journalist, he furnished Upton Sinclair with much of the material that he used in The Jungle, and as a party politician, Simons was a significant force in unifying the party, in establishing the International Workers of the World (IWW), and in trying to make socialism an acceptable alternative for the American voter.

Although he broke with the party in 1917, Simons, as a teacher and a writer on industrial relations, continually struggled with the major problems that faced industrial society in the twentieth century.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Illustrations
• Introduction
• CHAPTER ONE: On Native Ground
• CHAPTER TWO: Poverty and Philosophy
• CHAPTER THREE: Many Mansions
• CHAPTER FOUR: Spreading the Word
• CHAPTER FIVE: Politics
• CHAPTER SIX: Kansas Exile
• CHAPTER SEVEN: Milwaukee Journalist
• CHAPTER EIGHT: War and Revolution
• CHAPTER NINE: The New World
• CHAPTER TEN: Reminiscence
• Bibliographical Essay
• Index