ABSTRACT

This is Volume IX of eighteen in a collection on Political Sociology. Originally published in 1969, History of Socialism and presents a historical comparative study of Socialism, Communism, Trade Unionism, Cooperation, Utopianism, and other systems of reform and reconstruction.

part One|117 pages

Utopianism and Its Precursors

chapter 1|6 pages

The Social Prophets

chapter 2|7 pages

Plato's Republic

chapter 3|6 pages

From Plato to Sir Thomas More

chapter 4|8 pages

More's Utopia

chapter 5|4 pages

Bacon's New Atlantis

chapter 6|4 pages

German and Italian Utopias

chapter 8|27 pages

The French Utopians

chapter 9|15 pages

The Forerunners of Robert Owen

chapter 10|14 pages

Robert Owen

chapter 11|10 pages

Utopianism in America

part Two|51 pages

Marxism

chapter 13|9 pages

Beginnings of Marxism

chapter 15|15 pages

Marx's Career after 1848

chapter 16|10 pages

Theoretical Foundation of Marxism

part Three|173 pages

Other Schools of Thought (1880–1914)

chapter 17|11 pages

Forerunners of the Fabians

chapter 18|39 pages

Fabianism

chapter 19|14 pages

Beginnings of German Social Democracy

chapter 20|20 pages

Eduard Bernstein and Revisionism

chapter 21|20 pages

Marxists' Reply to Revisionists

chapter 22|39 pages

French Syndicalism

chapter 23|28 pages

Guild Socialism

part Four|127 pages

Communism

chapter 24|20 pages

Russia to the Bolshevik Revolution

chapter 25|17 pages

Principles and Tactics of Communism

As Expounded in the Communist Manifesto of the Third International (1919)

chapter 26|28 pages

Soviet Russia through the Five-Year Plans

From the Revolution to the Rise of Stalin

part Five|147 pages

Socialist Movements in Various Lands

chapter 32|24 pages

Socialism in Central Europe

chapter 33|19 pages

The Socialist Movement in Northern Europe

chapter 35|8 pages

Labor and Socialism in Australasia

chapter 36|6 pages

Socialism in South Africa and Asia

chapter 37|28 pages

Socialism in the United States and Canada

chapter 38|15 pages

Labor and Socialist Thought in Latin America

part Six|56 pages

Recent Socialist Thought

part Seven|67 pages

Consumer Co-operation and Miscellaneous Movements

chapter 41|29 pages

The Co-operative Movement

chapter 42|11 pages

Social Aspects of Consumers' Co-operatives

chapter 43|25 pages

Variants of Socialism

part Eight|131 pages

Contributions of Various Social and Economic Movements