On the left in America Book

	Author's Preface
	Editor's Acknowledgments
	Editor's Introduction
1	Landing in Canada	1
2	A Look at the American Socialist Movement	5
3	An Idealist's Uphill Struggle	9
4	The Feelings of an Immigrant	11
5	In the Land of Uncle Sam	15
6	The Socialist Party: A New Party and New Leaders	21
7	The Industrial Workers of the World	27
8	The Swedes and the Socialist Labor Party	31
9	The Socialist Labor Party's Swedish Mouthpiece	39
10	Scandinavians in the Socialist Party of America	42
11	The Scandinavian Socialist Federation	47
12	A Brush with King Alcohol	49
13	Svenska Socialisten Moves to Chicago	51
14	Svenska Socialisten Grows in Size and Influence	58
15	Skirmishes to the Left and Right	61
16	A New Newspaper and New Difficulties	65
17	In the Company of Labor Agitators and Itinerant Speakers	68
18	Joe Hill	77
19	On the Eve of World War I	81
20	The Scandinavian Socialist Federation and World War I	83
21	Peace Work under Ban	85
22	A Fateful Peace Demonstration	89
23	The Storm Clouds Gather	94
24	Power Behind the Peace Drive	98
25	The Radical Movements on Trial	101
26	The Debs Trial	104
27	The Liberals and the Debs Decision	108
28	A Party Newspaper's Problems	116
29	Bolshevism Wins Territory	120
30	Party Schism and the Red Raids	125
31	Party Convention and a Change of Course	130
32	The Demise of the Debs Campaign	136
33	Under the Russian Colors	139
34	Herman Hallstrom: From Immigrant to Mayor in Thirteen Years	144
35	Oscar W. Larson in the Mormon Capital	150
36	The Demise of the Scandinavian-American Labor Movement	152
37	The Swedish Educational League	154
38	In a Radical Poetic Vein	157
39	Two Knights of Labor	161
40	Distinctive Features of Political and Trade Union Life	164
41	Inseparable Ties	166
42	An All-Swedish Trade Union	170
43	Does the Labor Movement Have Historical Value?	173
	Notes	177
	Selected Bibliography of Works on the Swedish-American Radical Movement Published since 1955	218
	Bibliography of Works by Henry Bengston	223
	Index	225