Weinstein, James 1926-

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WEINSTEIN, James 1926-

PERSONAL: Born July 17, 1926, in New York, NY; son of Joseph and Bobbie (Kaufman) Weinstein; married Anne Farrar (a city planner), June, 1968; children: (prior marriage) Lisa, Joshua David. Education: Cornell University, A.B., 1949; Columbia University, M.A., 1957. Politics: Socialist.

ADDRESSES: Home—529 Laidley St., San Francisco, CA 94131.

CAREER: Historian and editor. Military service: U.S. Navy, 1945-46.

WRITINGS:

The Decline of Socialism in America, 1912-1925, Monthly Review Press (New York, NY), 1967.

The Corporate Ideal in the Liberal State, 1900-1918, Beacon Press (Boston, MA), 1968.

(Editor, with David W. Eakins) For a New America, Vintage (New York, NY), 1970.

Ambiguous Legacy: The Left in American Politics, Franklin Watts (New York, NY), 1975.

The Long Detour: The History and Future of the American Left, Perseus (Boulder, CO), 2003.

Contributor to Nation, Labor History, and other history and political science journals. Editor, Studies on the Left, 1960-67; editor, Socialist Revolution, beginning 1970; founding editor, In These Times and Socialist Review.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Library Journal, May 15, 2003, Stephen L. Hupp, review of The Long Detour: The History and Future of the American Left, p. 106.*

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