It Didn't Happen Here: Why Socialism Failed in the United States
- ISBN-10
- 0393040984
- ISBN-13
- 9780393040982
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 379
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-01-01
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton
- Authors
- Seymour Martin Lipset, Gary Marks
Description
Tow noted political scientists explore the failure of the socialist movement in the United States, drawing on extensive comparisons between the United States and other industrialized nations to explain why American values, political structure, union divisions, and other key factors prevented the spread of socialism.
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