Paul Avrich Collection (Library of Congress)

Overview

Works:	2,268 works in 3,021 publications in 7 languages and 269,864 library holdings
Genres:	History Biography Biographies Bibliography Bibliographies Handbooks and manuals Autobiographies Festschriften Criticism, interpretation, etc
Roles:	Other, Editor
Classifications:	DP269, B

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Paul Avrich Collection (Library of Congress)

Paul Avrich Collection by Paul Avrich( Book )

Most widely held works by Paul Avrich Collection (Library of Congress)

The Spanish Civil War by Hugh Thomas( Book )

1 edition published in 1961 in English and held by 1,812 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The events, participants, and consequences of the civil war are examined from historical as well as diplomatic, military, and political perspectives. A masterpiece of the historian's art, Hugh Thomas's The Spanish Civil War remains the best, most engrossing narrative of one of the most emblematic and misunderstood wars of the twentieth century. Revised and updated with significant new material, including new revelations about atrocities perpetrated against civilians by both sides in this epic conflict, this "definitive work on the subject" (Richard Bernstein, The New York Times) has been given a fresh face forty years after its initial publication in 1961. In brilliant, moving detail, Thomas analyzes a devastating conflict in which the hopes, dreams, and dogmas of a century exploded onto the battlefield. Like no other account, The Spanish Civil War dramatically reassembles the events that led a European nation, in a continent on the brink of world war, to divide against itself, bringing into play the machinations of Franco and Hitler, the bloodshed of Guernica, and the deeply inspiring heroics of those who rallied to the side of democracy. Communists, anarchists, monarchists, fascists, socialists, democrats, the various forces of the Spanish Civil War composed a fabric of the twentieth century itself, and Thomas masterfully weaves the diffuse and fascinating threads of the war together in a manner that has established the book as a genuine classic of modern history

Woman of valor : Margaret Sanger and the birth control movement in America by Ellen Chesler( Book )

1 edition published in 1992 in English and held by 1,812 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Margaret Sanger went to jail in 1917 for distributing contraceptives to immigrant women in a makeshift clinic in Brooklyn. She died a half-century later, just after the Supreme Court guaranteed constitutional protection for the use of contraceptives. Now, Ellen Chesler provides the first authoritative biography of this great emancipator, whose lifelong struggle helped women gain control over their own bodies. An idealist who mastered practical politics, Sanger seized on contraception as the key to redistributing power to women in the bedroom, the home, and the community. For fifty years, she battled formidable opponents ranging from the U.S. Government to the Catholic Church. Her crusade was both passionate and paradoxical. She was an advocate of female solidarity who often preferred the company of men; an adoring mother who abandoned her children; a socialist who became a registered Republican; a sexual adventurer who remained an incurable romantic. Her comrades-in-arms included Emma Goldman and John Reed; her lovers, Havelock Ellis and H.G. Wells. Drawing on new information from archives and interviews, Chesler illuminates Sanger's turbulent personal story as well as the history of the birth control movement. An intimate biography of a visionary rebel, this is also an epic story that extends from the radical movements of pre-World War I to the family planning initiatives of the Great Society. At a time when women's reproductive and sexual autonomy is once again under attack, Woman of Valor is indispensable reading for the generations in debt to Sanger for the freedoms they take for granted

Mussolini and fascism : the view from America by John P Diggins( Book )

2 editions published in 1972 in English and held by 1,643 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Mussolini, Il Duce; Amerikansk udsyn: egenskaber ved Italien; Journalistik; Il Duce som heltefigur; Det amerikanske samfund og fascisme; Fascismen i krig

George Orwell, a life by Bernard Crick( Book )

1 edition published in 1980 in English and held by 1,547 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"An Atlantic Monthly Press book." Includes bibliographical references and index

Other powers : the age of suffrage, spiritualism, and the scandalous Victoria Woodhull by Barbara Goldsmith( Book )

1 edition published in 1998 in English and held by 1,476 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Includes material on Tennessee Claflin, Henry Ward Beecher, Lib and Theodore Tilton, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Anna Dickinson, Horace Greeley, and Anthony Comstock

Red November, black November : culture and community in the Industrial Workers of the World by Salvatore Salerno( )

2 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 1,444 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Girls lean back everywhere : the law of obscenity and the assault on genius by Edward De Grazia( Book )

1 edition published in 1992 in English and held by 1,374 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Chronicles the battles fought and won during the twentieth century in behalf of free expression

Rebel voices : an I.W.W. anthology by Joyce L Kornbluh( Book )

4 editions published between 1964 and 1988 in English and held by 1,326 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), commonly known as the Wobblies, were among the most well-respected and largest unions in the United States in the early 20th century. Having organized the first major automobile industry strike as well as major coalfield and transit workers strikes, the IWW has a history of being a fierce advocate for the worker. Long before most other unions, IWW welcomed women, African-Americans, and immigrants into their ranks, making the Wobblies among the most progressive organizations of the era. As the only comprehensive history of the IWW, this chronicle anthologizes nearly every important document and essay in the Wobblies' rich history. The impact of the IWW has reverberated through the history of unions and organized labor, and this is their story

Italian anarchism, 1864-1892 by Nunzio Pernicone( )

2 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 1,316 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Challenging the conventional interpretation of Italian anarchism as a marginal social movement that was doomed to failure, this study depicts the anarchists as unique revolutionaries who were an important component of Italian socialism throughout the 19th century

A dual autobiography by Will Durant( Book )

1 edition published in 1977 in English and held by 1,310 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Haymarket tragedy by Paul Avrich( Book )

2 editions published in 1984 in English and held by 1,309 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Kronstadt, 1921 by Paul Avrich( Book )

11 editions published between 1970 and 2002 in 6 languages and held by 1,291 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In March 1921 the sailors of Kronstadt, the naval fortress in the Gulf of Finland, rose in revolt against the Bolshevik government, which they themselves had helped into power. Under the slogan of Òfree soviets, '' they established a revolutionary commune that survived for sixteen days, until an army came across the ice to crush it. After a savage struggle, the rebels were subdued. Paul Avrich vividly describes the uprising and examines it in the context of the development of the Soviet state. Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905

Communes in the counter culture : origins, theories, styles of life by Keith Melville( Book )

3 editions published in 1972 in English and held by 1,243 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Records man's quest for encounter in a technological society through a discussion of the characteristics and functions of the communal movement in America

A Thoreau handbook by Walter Harding( Book )

1 edition published in 1959 in English and held by 1,227 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Russian anarchists by Paul Avrich( Book )

11 editions published between 1967 and 2005 in 5 languages and held by 1,193 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Annotated bibliography": pages 259-289

Dorothy Day : a biography by William D Miller( Book )

1 edition published in 1982 in English and held by 1,190 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

ISBN: 0060657528 ; $18.95

Socialism and American life by Donald Drew Egbert( Book )

1 edition published in 1952 in English and held by 1,144 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Volume 2 has special title: Bibliography, descriptive and critical

Russian rebels, 1600-1800 by Paul Avrich( Book )

7 editions published between 1972 and 1976 in English and held by 1,132 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Memoirs of a revolutionist by Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin( Book )

15 editions published between 1899 and 1988 in 3 languages and held by 1,122 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Kropotkin's Memoirs is an autobiographical account of his life as a social revolutionary. His formal work as a zoologist and geographer takes a backseat to his call for radical social reform in the guise of anarchist communism. His adventure-filled life is palpable in these pages, including incredible feats like escaping from prison at the Peter and Paul Fortress

Living my life by Emma Goldman( Book )

5 editions published between 1931 and 1982 in English and held by 1,118 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The autobiography of the early radical leader and her participation in communist, anarchist, and feminist activities