{"product_id":"it-didnt-happen-here-why-socialism-failed-in-the-united-states","title":"It Didn't Happen Here: Why Socialism Failed in the United States","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eIt Didn't Happen Here: Why Socialism Failed in the United States\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eSeymour Martin Lipset\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780393040982\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eW W Norton \u0026amp; Co Inc\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2000\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e384\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eParties calling themselves Socialist, Social-Democratic, Labor, or Communist have been major forces in every democratic country in the world, yet they have played a surprisingly insignificant role in American politics. Why the United States, the most developed capitalist industrial society and hence, ostensibly, fertile ground for socialism, should constitute an exception has been a critical question of American history and political development.\u003cp\u003eIn this probing work the authors draw on rich contrasts with other English-speaking countries and extensive comparisons within the United States at the state and city levels, eschewing conventional explanations of socialism's demise to present a fuller understanding of how multiple factors -- political structure, American values, and the split between the Socialist party and mainstream unions -- combined to seal socialism's fate. Further chapters examine the distinctive character of American trade unions, immigration and the fragmentation of the American working class, socialist strategies, and repression, concluding with a penetrating analysis of American political exceptionalism up to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"W W Norton \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"It Didn't Happen Here: Why Socialism Failed in the United States | Seymour Martin Lipset | Hardcover | 9780393040982 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks D 1782569","offer_id":50532058857624,"sku":"1782569","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61zYNEZcFaL.jpg?v=1790345331","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/it-didnt-happen-here-why-socialism-failed-in-the-united-states","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}