The Other American : The Untold Life of Michael Harrington
By Maurice Isserman.
Description
The first serious biography of "the man who discovered poverty" offers new perspective on the recent history of the American Left.. Maurice Isserman's bracingly honest, surprisingly touching biography traces the life of one of the heroes of the American Left and one of our country's most influential social critics and poverty experts. Most Americans first heard of Michael Harrington with the publication of The Other America, his seminal book on American poverty. Isserman expertly tracks Harrington's beginnings in the Catholic Worker movement, his abandonment of his ...
ISBN(s)
1891620304, 9781891620300
