Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction: Karl Marx, Ghost in the American Machine 1
4. 1: American Revolutionary: The US Civil War 13
5. 2: Working-Class Hero: The Gilded Age 65
6. 3: Bolshevik: The Russian Revolution 123
7. 4: Prophet: The Great Depression 181
8. 5: False Prophet: Midcentury Liberalism 233
9. 6: Red Menace: Postwar Conservatism 285
10. 7: Humanist Liberator: The New Left 331
11. 8: Theorist: Academia in the Age of Reagan 393
12. 9: Specter Haunting: Twenty-First-Century Capitalism 455
13. Acknowledgments 511
14. Notes 517
15. Illustration Credits 573
16. Index 577