War of the Classes
London penned this book while living in Oakland, CA and running for Mayor as aSocialist. In War of The Classes he expounds his theories of government and economics which is very important since it is an American's view of a socialist society in the United States. Socialism was a political force on the American scene for decades before and after the turn of the century. Jack London was well known for his political views and this book sums it up. Most likely, this book is his most important out-right 'political book'. Eugene Debs was another important activist and writer from this dynamic period before the Bolshevic Revolution in Russia.…
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- ISBN: 978-1-934568-12-5
- EAN: 9781934568125
- Produktnummer: 3119576
- Verlag: Synergy International of the Americas, Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 308 S.
- Masse: H22.2 cm x B14.5 cm x D2.1 cm 546 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 546
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John Griffith London (born John Griffith Chaney; January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first writers to become a worldwide celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories To Build a Fire, An Odyssey of the North, and Love of Life. He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as The Pearls of Parlay, and The Heathen.London was part of the radical literary group The Crowd in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of unionization, workers' rights, socialism, and eugenics.[7][8] He wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, The War of the Classes, and Before Adam.
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