Maurice Isserman

Biographic Data

ID1049539
NAMEMaurice Isserman
GIVEN NAMESMaurice
FAMILY NAMEIsserman
SIGNATUREISSERMAN M
AFFILIATIONSHamilton College
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS33
TOTAL CITATIONS76
AUTHOR COUNT33
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1976
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX5

  • Reappraising American Communism and the Cold War

    Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes et al.ARTICLEJournal of Cold War Studies2025

    Maurice Isserman, Reds: The Tragedy of American Communism. New York: Basic Books, 2024. 384 pp. $35.00.For more than thirty years, Maurice Isserman and I have been cast as polar opposites in the academic battle about the nature of American Communism. As the avatar of the new “revisionist’ history of the Communist Party of the USA (CPUSA), he supposedly inaugurated a rethinking of the legacy of the heretofore reviled organization that had been pil…

  • The Failure and Success of the New Radicalism

    Maurice Isserman, Michael KazinCHAPTERRise and Fall of the New Deal…2020

  • Fallen Giants

    Maurice Isserman, Dee Molenaar et al.BOOKFallen Giants2017

    The first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa teammate Tenzing Norgay is a familiar saga, but less well known are the tales of many other adventurers who also came to test their skills and courage against the world’s highest and most dangerous mountains. In this lively and generously illustrated book, historians Maurice Isserman and Stewart Weaver present the first comprehensive history of Himalayan mou…

  • Fallen Giants

    Mark Harvey, Maurice Isserman et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History2009

    The history of mountaineering has, with a few notable exceptions, been written either by climbers or by authors intrigued with the drama, adventure, and risk of the sport. In Fallen Giants Maurice Isserman and Stewart Weaver have written something rather different, a deeply researched and comprehensive treatment of mountaineering in the Himalaya that is an engaging narrative and an illuminating analysis of larger themes. The authors recount many …

  • America Divided

    Maurice Isserman, Michael KazinBOOKAmerica Divided2007Cited by: 40

    "American Divided, Third Edition, defines, discusses and analyzes all sides of the political, social, and cultural conflicts of the 1960s."--BOOK JACKET.

  • The Other American

    Jesús Velasco, Jesús González Velasco et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History2002

    During the last twenty years, Maurice Isser-man, a professor of history at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, has dedicated his research to the analysis of American radical expressions. From his first book, Which Side Were You On? The American Communist Party during the Second World War (1982), through his analysis in If I Had a Hammer: The Death of the Old Left and the Birth of the New Left (1987), he has written fresh and relevant studies o…

  • America Divided

    Maurice Isserman, Kazin MichaelBOOKAmerica Divided1999

    The definitive interpretive survey of the political, social, and cultural history of 1960s america, America Divided is written by two of the top experts on the era -- Maurice Isserman, a scholar of the Left, and Michael Kazom, a specialist in Right-wing politics and culture. Arguing that the period marked the end of the country's two-century-long ascent toward widespread affluence, domestic consensus, and international hegemony, the authors take …

  • Resisting the Bomb

    Open AccessMaurice IssermanARTICLEPolitical Science Quarterly1999

    Journal Article Resisting the Bomb: A History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement, 1954–1970 Get access Resisting the Bomb: A History of the World Nuclear Disarmament Movement, 1954–1970 by Lawrence S. Wittner. Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1998. 641 pp. Cloth, $65.00; paper, $24.95. Maurice Isserman Maurice Isserman Hamilton College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly,…

  • California Red

    Joan Sangster, Dorothy Ray Healey et al.ARTICLELabour / Le Travail1997Cited by: 5

  • Michael Harrington and the Vietnam War

    Open AccessMaurice IssermanARTICLEPeace & Change1996

    Michael Harrington criticized the antiwar movement of the 1960s for failing to adopt an “anti‐Stalinist” perspective regarding the Vietnam War, i.e., a viewpoint that would be equally critical of both sides in the conflict. The fact that Harrington's perspective won few adherents in the antiwar struggle was a product in significant measure of the failures of the anti‐Stalinists themselves. The dogmatic and inflexible sectarianism of the dominant …

  • Where Have all the Convict Heroes Gone, Long Time Passing

    Maurice IssermanARTICLERadical History Review1996

    Research Article| January 01 1996 Where Have all the Convict Heroes Gone, Long Time Passing? Maurice Isserman Maurice Isserman Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Radical History Review (1996) 1996 (64): 113–117. https://doi.org/10.1215/01636545-1996-64-113 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Maurice Isserman; Where Have all the Convict Heroes Gone, Long Time Passing?. Radical History Re…

  • You Can't be Neutral on a Moving Train

    Maurice Isserman, Howard ZinnARTICLEJournal of American History1995Cited by: 12

  • "Schooling for "Good Rebels

    Maurice Isserman, Kenneth TeitelbaumARTICLEJournal of American History1994

  • The New History of American Communism Revisited

    Maurice Isserman, Fraser Ottanelli et al.ARTICLEReviews in American History1992

  • The 60s Experience

    Maurice Isserman, Edward P MorganARTICLEJournal of American History1992

    Journal Article The 60s Experience: Hard Lessons about Modern America. By Edward P. Morgan. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1991. xxiv + 357 pp. $34.95, ISBN 0-87722-805-1) Get access Maurice Isserman Maurice Isserman Hamilton College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 79, Issue 2, September 1992, Page 742, https://doi.org/10.2307/2080191 Published: 01 September 199…

  • Students for a Democratic Society Papers, 1958-1970

    Maurice IssermanARTICLEJournal of American History1991

    Journal Article Students for a Democratie Society Papers, 1958–1970. 41 reels with printed guide. 35 mm microfilm. $3,200; guide alone, $50. (Glen Rock, N.J.: Microfilming Corporation of America, 1977. Now distributed by ChadwyckHealey, Alexandria, Va.) Get access Maurice Isserman Maurice Isserman Hamilton College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 77, Issue 4, March 1991, …

  • Dorothy Healey Remembers

    Fraser Ottanelli, Fraser M Ottanelli et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1991Cited by: 5

    Journal Article Dorothy Healey Remembers: A Life in the American Communist Party. By Dorothy Healey and Maurice Isserman. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. viii + 263 pp. $22.95.) Get access Fraser Ottanelli Fraser Ottanelli University of South Florida, Tampa Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 2, September 1991, Pages 727–728, https://doi.org/10.2307/20796…

  • It Did Happen Here

    Maurice Isserman, Bud Schultz et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1990

    Journal Article It Did Happen Here: Recollections of Political Repression in America. By Bud Schultz and Ruth Schultz. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989. xx + 427 pp. $22.50.) Get access Maurice Isserman Maurice Isserman Williams College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 77, Issue 1, June 1990, Pages 361–362, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078772 Published: 01 June…

  • If I Had a Hammer

    Bryan D Palmer, Maurice IssermanARTICLELabour / Le Travail1989Cited by: 5

  • If I Had a Hammer…

    Stephen J Whitfield, Stephanie Whitfield et al.ARTICLEThe American Historical Review1988

  • If I Had a Hammer

    Peter I Rose, Maurice IssermanARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1988

  • City Unions

    Maurice Isserman, Mark H Maier et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1988Cited by: 1

    Journal Article City Unions: Managing Discontent in New York City. By Mark H. Maier. (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1987. xii + 221 pp. Cloth, $26.00; paper $12.00.) Get access Maurice Isserman Maurice Isserman Smith College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 3, December 1988, Page 1019, https://doi.org/10.2307/1901712 Published: 01 December 1988

  • Do Not Enter

    Maurice Isserman, Robert Richter et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1988Cited by: 1

    Journal Article Do Not Enter: The Visa War against Ideas. Prod. by Robert Richter and Catherine Warnow. Robert Richter Productions, 1987, 58 mins. (Robert Richter Productions, 330 West 42nd St., New York, NY 10036) Get access Maurice Isserman Maurice Isserman Mount Holyoke College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 3, December 1988, Page 1051, https://doi.org/10.2…

  • If I Had a Hammer

    Michael Wreszin, Maurice IssermanARTICLEJournal of American History1988Cited by: 1

    Journal Article If I Had a Hammer...: The Death of the Old Left and the Birth of the New Left. By Maurice Isserman. (New York: Basic, 1987. xx + 259 pp. $18.95.) Get access Michael Wreszin Michael Wreszin Queens College, City University of New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 1, June 1988, Pages 317–318, https://doi.org/10.2307/1889789 Published: 01 June 19…

  • The Irony of American Pacifism

    Open AccessMaurice IssermanARTICLEPeace & Change1986