Leilah Danielson. American Gandhi: A. J. Muste and the History of Radicalism in the Twentieth Century.
Publication Date
10-1-2015
Document Type
Article
Abstract
© 2015 American Historical Association. All rights reserved.Leilah Danielson’s American Gandhi: A. J. Muste and the History of Radicalism in the Twentieth Century weaves the story of Muste’s unlikely life (1885–1967) into a deeply informed biography and intellectual history touching on twentieth-century religion, labor and civil rights organizing, and radical pacifism. Jo Ann Ooiman Robinson’s earlier treatment, Abraham Went Out: A Biography of A. J. Muste (1981), presented a sometimes disparaging view of Muste’s political twists and turns. However, through impeccable research, Danielson provides more depth and takes us further toward understanding the man and the movements he promoted.Muste grew up in an orthodox Calvinist church in an immigrant Dutch community in Grand Rapids, Michigan, best known today for business conservatism and Gerald Ford Republicanism. Muste’s father worked all his adult life in a furniture factory and his son came to see his poor working-class origins as a...
Publication Title
The American Historical Review
Volume
120
Issue
4
First Page
1508
Last Page
1509
DOI
10.1093/ahr/120.4.1508
Publisher Policy
post-print (with 2 year embargo)
Recommended Citation
Honey, Michael K., "Leilah Danielson. American Gandhi: A. J. Muste and the History of Radicalism in the Twentieth Century." (2015). SIAS Faculty Publications. 842.
https://digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/ias_pub/842
