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Immigrants against the State : Yiddish and Italian Anarchism in America /

From the 1880s through the 1940s, tens of thousands of first- and second-generation immigrants embraced the anarchist cause after arriving on American shores. Kenyon Zimmer explores why these migrants turned to anarchism, and how their adoption of its ideology shaped their identities, experiences, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Zimmer, Kenyon, 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2015
Series:Working class in American history.
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Table of Contents:
  • "Yiddish is my homeland" : Jewish anarchists in New York City
  • I senza patria : Italian anarchists in Paterson, New Jersey
  • "All flags look alike to us" : immigrant anarchists in San Francisco
  • "The whole world is our country" : transnational anarchist activism and the first world war
  • Revolution and repression : from red dawn to red scare
  • "No right to exist anywhere on this earth" : anarchism in crisis
  • Conclusion: "The whole world is turned into a frightful fortress".