War of the Classes - Couverture souple

London, Jack

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1604249137 ISBN 13 : 9781604249132

Editeur : Book Jungle, 2008

Synopsis

Jack London was one of the first writers to earn a living in part from his writings in commercial fiction magazines. London became a socialist and his writings reflect this change in his political views. London wrote War of the Classes while living in California. The collection of essays expounds on his theories of government control and economic globalization. Essays included in this book are: The class struggle -- The tramp -- The scab -- The question of the maximum -- A review -- Wanted: a new law of development -- How I became a socialist

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Présentation de l'éditeur

When I was a youngster I was looked upon as a weird sort of creature, because, forsooth, I was a socialist. Reporters from local papers interviewed me, and the interviews, when published, were pathological studies of a strange and abnormal specimen of man. At that time (nine or ten years ago), because I made a stand in my native town for municipal ownership of public utilities, I was branded a “red-shirt,” a “dynamiter,” and an “anarchist”; and really decent fellows, who liked me very well, drew the line at my appearing in public with their sisters. But the times changed. There came a day when I heard, in my native town, a Republican mayor publicly proclaim that “municipal ownership was a fixed American policy.” And in that day I found myself picking up in the world. No longer did the pathologist study me, while the really decent fellows did not mind in the least the propinquity of myself and their sisters in the public eye. My political and sociological ideas were ascribed to the vagaries of youth, and good-natured elderly men patronized me and told me that I would grow up some day and become an unusually intelligent member of the community. Also they told me that my views were biassed by my empty pockets, and that some day, when I had gathered to me a few dollars, my views would be wholly different,—in short, that my views would be their views.

Présentation de l'éditeur

2014 paperback edition. Best known for his adventure fiction novels, Jack London was also a passionate advocate for the rights of workers and social reform, writing several powerful works dealing with these topics based on his rational observations of the struggles facing the people at the bottom of the social pit, and the issues of labor, capital, and wealth inequality that are still applicable today.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Book Jungle
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1604249137
• ISBN 13: 9781604249132
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 92
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible