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Zimmer's archival research is impressive... a fascinating examination of the interplay of individuals of various ethnicities... involved with anarchism and its sympathizers in San Francisco. --International Review of Social History Drawing on an impressive and unprecedented array of Yiddish- and Italian-language sources, Zimmer details both the ideological connections and ethnocultural obstacles that supported and separated anarchist communities... Zimmer's research and scope is encyclopedic... Zimmer's fine book is indispensable. --The Journal of American History Most students of US radicalism have long assumed that anarchism was brought to the US in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by immigrants from eastern and southern Europe. Zimmer demonstrates that the real story is more complicated. Recommended. --Choice This is likely to be an essential work on immigrant anarchism for years to come. --H-Net Reviews Zimmer has produced a powerful text that brings to life numerous forgotten rebels and significantly expands our understanding of anti-statist social movements in the first half of the twentieth century... This immaculately researched and carefully composed monograph thus sets a new bar for the study of anarchism. --Anarchist Studies Well researched and eloquent. --Jewish Book Council

One of the best histories of anarchism in the United States. --Tony Michels, author of A Fire in Their Hearts: Yiddish Socialists in New York

Zimmer has produced a powerful text that brings to life numerous forgotten rebels and significantly expands our understanding of anti-statist social movements in the first half of the twentieth century... This immaculately researched and carefully composed monograph thus sets a new bar for the study of anarchism. --Anarchist Studies Well researched and eloquent. --Jewish Book Council Most students of US radicalism have long assumed that anarchism was brought to the US in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by immigrants from eastern and southern Europe. Zimmer demonstrates that the real story is more complicated. Recommended. --Choice This is likely to be an essential work on immigrant anarchism for years to come. --H-Net Reviews Zimmer's archival research is impressive... a fascinating examination of the interplay of individuals of various ethnicities... involved with anarchism and its sympathizers in San Francisco. --International Review of Social History Drawing on an impressive and unprecedented array of Yiddish- and Italian-language sources, Zimmer details both the ideological connections and ethnocultural obstacles that supported and separated anarchist communities... Zimmer's research and scope is encyclopedic... Zimmer's fine book is indispensable. --The Journal of American History

One of the best histories of anarchism in the United States. --Tony Michels, author of A Fire in Their Hearts: Yiddish Socialists in New York Well researched and eloquent. --Jewish Book Council Most students of US radicalism have long assumed that anarchism was brought to the US in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by immigrants from eastern and southern Europe. Zimmer demonstrates that the real story is more complicated. Recommended. --Choice This is likely to be an essential work on immigrant anarchism for years to come. --H-Net Reviews Zimmer's archival research is impressive... a fascinating examination of the interplay of individuals of various ethnicities... involved with anarchism and its sympathizers in San Francisco. --International Review of Social History Drawing on an impressive and unprecedented array of Yiddish- and Italian-language sources, Zimmer details both the ideological connections and ethnocultural obstacles that supported and separated anarchist communities... Zimmer's research and scope is encyclopedic... Zimmer's fine book is indispensable. --The Journal of American History

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Kenyon Zimmer is an assistant professor of history at the University of Texas at Arlington.

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