If I Had a Hammer : The Death of the Old Left & the Birth of the New Left.

New York, NY Basic Books , 1989. Paperback First Edition Thus (1989), First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition Thus (1989), First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of rubbing to the panels; the expected light tanning to the text pages due to aging; a single page is creased at the lower corner; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a couple of minor, unobtrusive flaws only. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8 x 5.35 x 0.75 inches). xx, 259 pages. Extensive Notes. Index. Language: English. Weight: 9.8 ounces. Trade Paperback. A look at American radicalism in the 1940's and 1950's prior to the outbreak of the New Left in the early l960s.Isserman attacks several widely held assumptions about the New Left--that it was a psychological aberration, that it had no ties to the old left, that it did not repeat mistakes of the old left.