It Didn't Happen Here: Why Socialism Failed in the United States

"[T]his impressive work...offers paths toward new and rich understandings of American history."-The New York Times Book Review

Why socialism has failed to play a significant role in the United States-the most developed capitalist industrial society and hence, ostensibly, fertile ground for socialism-has been a critical question of American history and political development. Seymour Martin Lipset and Gary Marks "survey with subtlety and shrewd judgment the various explanations" (Wall Street J...