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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Beck, Elmer Axel |
| Title, Monographic | The Sewer Socialists: A History of the Socialist Party of Wisconsin 1897-1940. Volume one: The Socialist Trinity of the Party, the Unions, and the Press. Volume two: The Nineteen-Twenties and the Nineteen-Thirties |
| Place of Publication | Fennimore, WI |
| Publisher | Westburg Associates Publishers |
| Date of Publication | 1982 |
| Extent of Work | 2 volumes |
| View Online | Volume One (Internet Archive) |
| Abstract | Beck's work is an accurate account of a democratic socialist party that was principally based in Milwaukee. The Party, despite its small numbers of members, had a notable effect in Wisconsin and the United States in political philosophy and major party platforms. The platforms and principles of the Socialist Party of Wisconsin--propagandized, orated, lobbied, and legislated--profoundly influenced the enactment of the progressive laws for which Wisconsin became noted and which were later copied in national legislation. The Wisconsin Socialists were led first by an Austrian immigrant, Victor L. Berger. After his death, the movement carried on with a momentum imparted to it by the Berger Era. Beck describes the eventful years of the 1930's and brings his history to a close in 1940 with the defeat of the colorful Daniel W. Hoan |
| Notes | ; book, in MadCat. |
| Call Number | MKI /SHS HX92 M55 B4 1982; MKI P98-33;34 |
| MKI Terms | Socialism/ German Americans -- Wisconsin/ Milwaukee (Wis.)/ History/ Political activity/ Berger, Victor L./ |