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• Acknowledgments(p. ix)
• Introduction(p. xi)
• 1 Origins of the Working-Class Movement(p. 1)
• 2 Christians, Communists, Anarchists, and Socialists(p. 17)
• 3 The Scientific Socialism of Marx and Engels(p. 29)
• 4 The Socialism of the Second International(p. 49)
• 5 War and Revolution(p. 61)
• 6 The Soviet Model(p. 71)
• 7 International Communism(p. 89)
• 8 Communism and Anticommunism in the United States(p. 99)
• 9 Reform Communism(p. 113)
• 10 The Fall of Communism(p. 129)
• 11 The Future of Socialism(p. 149)
• Bibliography(p. 165)
• About the Book and Author(p. 173)
• Index(p. 175)

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Hudelson (philosophy, Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth) begins his study by asking whether communism's collapse means also that the original socialist dream of human emancipation must now be written off. To assess the case, he conducts us on a lightning-fast tour of the history of socialism and communism from the origin of the European working class to the events of 1989-91 in Eastern Europe. He casts the occasional side glance at the 19th-century U.S. labor scene as well. Inevitably, given this huge range, his account is skimpy and superficial, particularly the later chapters. Admitting today's gloomy outlook for the various forms of socialism, Hudelson concludes defiantly that history has not yet finished with this particular ideology. He is probably right, but it seems improbable right now that the Marxist variations will flourish outside of university departments of sociology and political science. This may interest informed lay readers.-- R.H. Johnston, McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ontario (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.