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When originally published this was the first comprehensive
collection in English from the works of the founder of anarchism.
It includes translations of published and unpublished (in 1973)
material left unfinished or unrevised at the time of Bakunin's
death.
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 A'free 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."
The Anarchists speak for themselves in 180 interviews conducted by
Avrich over a period of 30 years. Each of the six thematic sections
begins with an explanatory essay and each interview with a
biographical note.
Paul Avrich consulted published material in five languages, and
anarchist archives worldwide, to present a picture of the
philosophers, bomb throwers, workers, peasants and soldiers who
fought and died for the freedom of 'Mother Russia'.
Based on extensive interviews with former pupils and teachers,
this Pulitzer Prize-nominated work is a seminal and important
investigation into the potential of educational alternatives.
Between 1910 and 1960 anarchists across the United States
established more than 20 schools wherein children studied in an
atmosphere of freedom and self-reliance. The Modern Schools stood
in sharp contrast to the formality and discipline of the
traditional classroom and sought to abolish all forms of authority.
Their object was to create not only a new type of school, but also
a new society based on the voluntary cooperation of free
individuals. Among the participants were Emma Goldman, Margaret
Sanger, Alexander Berkman and Man Ray.
Professor Avrich records the history of the anarchist movement from
its Russian origins in the 19th century, with a full discussion of
Bakunin and Kropotkin, to its upsurge in the 1905 and 1917 Social
Democratic Revolutions, and its decline and fall after the
Bolshevik Revolution. While analyzing the role of the anarchists in
these fateful years, he traces the close relationships between the
anarchists and the Bolsheviks and shows that the Revolutions were
conceived in spontaneity and idealism and ended in cynical
repression. The Russian anarchists saw clearly the consequences of
a Marxist "dictatorship of the proletariat" and, though they had no
single cohesive organization, repeatedly warned that the Bolsheviks
aimed to replace the tyranny of the tsars with a tyranny of
commissars. Originally published in 1967. 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 editions preserve the
original texts of these important books while presenting them in
durable paperback and hardcover 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.
Through his many books on the history of anarchism, Paul Avrich
has done much to dispel the public's conception of the anarchists
as mere terrorists. In "Anarchist Voices, " Avrich lets American
anarchists speak for themselves. This abridged edition contains
fifty-three interviews conducted by Avrich over a period of thirty
years, interviews that portray the human dimensions of a movement
much maligned by the authorities and contemporary journalists. Most
of the interviewees (anarchists as well as their friends and
relatives) were active during the heyday of the movement, between
the 1880s and the 1930s. They represent all schools of anarchism
and include both famous figures and minor ones, previously
overlooked by most historians. Their stories provide a wealth of
personal detail about such anarchist luminaries as Emma Goldman and
Sacco and Vanzetti.
From the celebrated Russian intellectuals Michael Bakunin and
Peter Kropotkin to the little-known Australian bootmaker and
radical speaker J. W. Fleming, this book probes the lives and
personalities of representative anarchists.
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
Ofree 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 1970. 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 editions preserve the original texts of
these important books while presenting them in durable paperback
and hardcover 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.
In this comprehensive study of the Modern School movement, Paul
Avrich narrates its history, analyzes its successes and failures,
and assesses its place in American life. In doing so, he shows how
the radical experimentation in art and communal living as well as
in education during this period set the precedent for much of the
artistic, social, and educational ferment of the 1960's and I970's.
Originally published in 1980. 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 editions preserve the original
texts of these important books while presenting them in durable
paperback and hardcover 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.
The Sacco-Vanzetti affair is the most famous and controversial
case in American legal history. It divided the nation in the 1920s,
and it has continued to arouse deep emotions, giving rise to an
enormous literature. Few writers, however, have consulted anarchist
sources for the wealth of information available there about the
movement of which the defendants were a part. Now Paul Avrich, the
preeminent American scholar of anarchism, looks at the case from
this new and valuable perspective. This book treats a dramatic and
hitherto neglected aspect of the "cause celebre" that raised,
according to Edmund Wilson, "almost every fundamental question of
our political and social system.""
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Paul Avrich Collection, John Henry Mackay
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R835
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Sturm (Paperback)
Paul Avrich Collection, John Henry Mackay
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R493
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In this comprehensive study of the Modern School movement, Paul
Avrich narrates its history, analyzes its successes and failures,
and assesses its place in American life. In doing so, he shows how
the radical experimentation in art and communal living as well as
in education during this period set the precedent for much of the
artistic, social, and educational ferment of the 1960's and
I970's.
Originally published in 1980.
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.
Professor Avrich records the history of the anarchist movement from
its Russian origins in the 19th century, with a full discussion of
Bakunin and Kropotkin, to its upsurge in the 1905 and 1917 Social
Democratic Revolutions, and its decline and fall after the
Bolshevik Revolution. While analyzing the role of the anarchists in
these fateful years, he traces the close relationships between the
anarchists and the Bolsheviks and shows that the Revolutions were
conceived in spontaneity and idealism and ended in cynical
repression. The Russian anarchists saw clearly the consequences of
a Marxist "dictatorship of the proletariat" and, though they had no
single cohesive organization, repeatedly warned that the Bolsheviks
aimed to replace the tyranny of the tsars with a tyranny of
commissars. Originally published in 1967. 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 editions preserve the
original texts of these important books while presenting them in
durable paperback and hardcover 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.
A colorful, charismatic personality, violent, ebullient, and
energetic, Bakunin was one of two poles between which 19th and
early 20th-century anarchism was formed. Although it was never
finished, GOD AND THE STATE, his only major work, is the torso of a
giant. A basic anarchist and radical document for generations, this
book makes one of the clearest statements of the anarchist
philosophy of history: religion by its nature is an impoverishment,
enslavement, and annihilation of humanity.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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The ABC of Anarchism (Paperback)
Alexander Berkman; Introduction by Paul Avrich; Preface by Emma Goldman
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R665
R550
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A gifted writer for the anarchist movement, Alexander Berkman left
Russia for the United States in 1888 when he was eighteen.
Thirty-one years later, after serving a prison term for an
attempted assassination, he was expelled to the Soviet Union, a
country which he eventually renounced. But before his repudiation
of the Soviet system, Berkman attempted to answer some of the
charges made against anarchism and to present its case clearly and
intelligently. This book, first published in 1929, is the result of
those efforts. Thorough and well stated, The ABC of Anarchism is
today widely regarded as a classic declaration of the movement's
goals and methods. For those who have questions about anarchism,
Berkman provides lucid answers. In conversational tones, he
discusses society as it existed in the early twentieth century; why
in his opinion, anarchy was necessary; the myths surrounding it;
and necessary preparations for its successful implementation. Of
the book, Emma Goldman said: ""People need a primer of Anarchism-an
ABC, as it were, that would teach them the rudimentary principles
of Anarchism and whet their appetites for something more profound.
The book] was intended to serve this purpose. That it has fulfilled
its purpose no one who has read it] will deny.""
This is the first paperback edition of a moving appraisal of the
infamous Haymarket bombing (May 1886) and the trial that followed
it--a trial that was a cause celebre in the 1880s and that has
since been recognized as one of the most unjust in the annals of
American jurisprudence. Paul Avrich shows how eight anarchists who
were blamed for the bombing at a workers' meeting near Chicago's
Haymarket Square became the focus of a variety of passionately
waged struggles.
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