{"product_id":"it-didnt-happen-here-why-socialism-failed-in-the-united-states-paperback","title":"It Didn't Happen Here: Why Socialism Failed in the United States - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSeymour Martin Lipset\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGary Wolfe Marks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy 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\" (\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e) for this phenomenon of American political exceptionalism. \"Clearly written, intelligent, filled with new information\" (\u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e), this \"splendidly convincing\" (Michael Kazin, Georgetown University) work eschews conventional arguments about socialism's demise to present a fuller understanding of how multiple factors--political structure, American values, immigration, and the split between the Socialist party and mainstream unions--combined to seal socialism's fate. \"In peak form, two master political sociologists offer a must-read synthesis.\"--Theda Skocpol, Harvard University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 374\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 7.46 x 5.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134025240711,"sku":"9780393322545","price":31.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/414fccd6c92b6d200067add4c9764087.webp?v=1732638528","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/it-didnt-happen-here-why-socialism-failed-in-the-united-states-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}