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02752aam a2200433 i 4500 001 DC6E54D66B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 121220t20132013ncua b 001 0beng 010 $a 2012047467 020 $a 0786472162 (softcover : alkaline paper) 020 $a 9780786472161 (softcover : alkaline paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)796760296 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d BWX $d CDX $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-ur--- $a n-us-ny $a e-ur--- 050 00 $a E748 L84 G65 2013 100 1 $a Goldberg, Gordon J., $d 1933- 245 10 $a Meyer London : $b a biography of the socialist New York congressman, 1871-1926 / $c Gordon J. Goldberg. 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2013] 300 $a vi, 321 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 520 2 $a "Meyer London (1871-1926), a Russian Jewish immigrant, settled in New York's Lower East Side in 1891. He became a lawyer, labor activist, founding member of the Socialist Party of America, and a three term Congressman. His death in 1926 caused shock waves among his fellow Lower East Siders for whom London had become a folk hero"--Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-314) and index. 505 0 $a The Early Years : 1871-1901 -- London and the Labor Movement -- Prelude to Victory : The Elections of 1910 and 1912 -- Victory in 1914 -- Preparing for Congress : Issues of War and Peace -- The Sixty-Fourth Congress : The Specter of War -- The Sixty-Fourth Congress : In Pursuit of Constructive Reform -- The Sixty-Fifth Congress : War Declared -- The Sixty-Fifth Congress : Champion of Civil Liberties -- The Elections of 1918 and 1920 -- The Sixty-Seventh Congress : Opposition to Postwar Conservatism -- Meyer London : The Final Years -- Epilogue: Failure of a Dream. 600 10 $a London, Meyer, $d 1871-1926. 650 0 $a Legislators $z United States $x Biography. $v Biography. 650 0 $a Jewish legislators $z United States $v Biography. 610 00 $a United States. $b House $b House $x Biography. $v Biography. 650 0 $a Jews, Russian $z United States $x Biography. $v Biography. 650 0 $a Socialists $z United States $x Biography. $v Biography. 650 0 $a Socialism $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) $x Politics and government. 651 0 $a New York (N.Y.) $x Politics and government $y 1898-1951. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1901-1953. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171220033809.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826070231.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DC6E54D66B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search