| Living My Life Contributor(s): Goldman, Emma (Author), Brody, Miriam (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0142437859 ISBN-13: 9780142437858 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2006 Annotation: Anarchist, journalist, drama critic, advocate of birth control and free love, Emma Goldman was the most famousand notoriouswoman in the early twentieth century. This abridged version of her two-volume autobiography takes her from her birthplace in czarist Russia to the socialist enclaves of Manhattans Lower East Side. Against a dramatic backdrop of political argument, show trials, imprisonment, and tempestuous romances, Goldman chronicles the epoch that she helped shape: the reform movements of the Progressive Era, the early years of and later disillusionment with Lenins Bolshevik experiment, and more. Sounding a call still heard today, "Living My Life" is a riveting account of political ferment and ideological turbulence. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Political - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Anarchism - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2005054420 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5" W x 7.7" (1.10 lbs) 672 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 |
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| Publisher Description: Anarchist, journalist, drama critic, advocate of birth control and free love, Emma Goldman was the most famous--and notorious--woman in the early twentieth century. This abridged version of her two-volume autobiography takes her from her birthplace in czarist Russia to the socialist enclaves of Manhattan's Lower East Side. Against a dramatic backdrop of political argument, show trials, imprisonment, and tempestuous romances, Goldman chronicles the epoch that she helped shape: the reform movements of the Progressive Era, the early years of and later disillusionment with Lenin's Bolshevik experiment, and more. Sounding a call still heard today, Living My Life is a riveting account of political ferment and ideological turbulence.
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