Norman Thomas : the great dissenter / / Raymond F. Gregory.
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | x, 301 p. |
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Table of Contents:
- The Thomas and Mattoon families
- Working in the slum areas of New York City
- Pacifism and socialism
- Civil liberties in time of war
- Running for elective office
- Running for President
- The Depression years
- The 1932 presidential election and the New Deal
- Arkansas sharecroppers
- The sharecropper problem and the Roosevelt administration
- The decline of the Socialist Party
- Between elections
- Opposing a United States President and a New Jersey mayor
- Fascism, communism and pacifism
- Opposing United States' entry into World War II
- The internment of Japanese-Americans and other wartime civil rights violations
- Taking stock
- The final run for the presidency
- Opposing nuclear testing, supporting disarmament
- Reevaluating socialism
- Confronting racism, the Vietnam War, and injustice
- The great dissenter
- Declining health
- Summing up.