6. Making History Democratic: Revitalizing the Tradition of the Left

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. An Introduction VII
4. 1. History and the Everyday 1
5. 2. Making Life, Not History: Some Generalizations About How Americans Treat Politics 25
6. 3. Making History To Make Life: Everyday Life as the Seedbed of Political Action 68
7. 4. Struggling for the Better Day: The Left Tradition in American History 98
8. 5. Someday We’ve Got To Get Organized: Why the Left Is Not a Party 193
9. 6. Making History Democratic: Revitalizing the Tradition of the Left 237
10. A Final Word 284
11. Bibliographical Notes 289
12. References 295
13. Index 309