Eugene V. Debs

Citizen and Socialist

Nick Salvatore

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University of Illinois Press
15 March 2007

Biography: general; Encyclopaedias & reference works; Political science & theory

Series: Working Class in American History

Eugene Debs (1855-1926) is regarded by many as American history's premier labor advocate. He was the leader of the Socialist party, five-time Socialist candidate for president, outspoken on the rights of all workers, and a persistent defender of America's democratic traditions.

Nick Salvatore's acclaimed biography offers a major reevaluation of Debs, the movements he launched, and his belief in American Socialism as an extension of the nation's democratic traditions. He also shows the relationship between Debs's public image and his private life as child, sibling, husband, and lover. Salvatore's Debs--weaknesses intact--emerges as a complex man, frustrated and angered by the glaring inequities of a new economic order, and willing to risk his freedom to preserve the essence of democratic society.

By: Nick Salvatore
Imprint: University of Illinois Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd Edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 38mm
Weight: 680g
ISBN: 9780252074523
ISBN 10: 0252074521
Series: Working Class in American History
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 15 March 2007
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nick Salvatore is Maurice and Hinda Neufeld Founders Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and a professor of American studies at Cornell University. He is the author of We All Got History: The Memory Books of Amos Webberand other books.

Reviews for Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist

This is biography at its best. Eric Foner for the History Book Club In this stunning book, Salvatore sets Debs firmly within the central traditions of United States political and social history and depicts, as never before, the triumph and tragedy that characterized the socialist leader's personal and public life. American Historical Review Nick Salvatore's biography is very solid work. The Debs who emerges is a flawed human being - very flawed - yet an extraordinary person: a man deficient in self-knowledge, as public figures usually are, but also a great tribune. New York Review of Books

Winner of <DIV>Winner of the Bancroft Prize and the American Historical Association's John H. Dunning Prize in U.S. History.</DIV> 2007
Winner of <DIV>Winner of the Bancroft Prize and the American Historical Association’s John H. Dunning Prize in U.S. History.</DIV> 2007