Oral history interview with Irving Howe, circa 1993

 

Name
Howe, Irving (Interviewee)
Dorman, Joseph, 1958- (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Irving Howe, circa 1993
Abstract
Youth, East Bronx, poverty, politics, effects of Depression, Jewish radicalism in neighborhood; Young People's Socialist League (YPSL); City College of New York (CCNY), politics, daily routines, engineers at, Rapp Coudert; anticommunism and anti-Stalinism; Communist student control of campus organizations; reaction to Communism, Hitler-Stalin Pact, role in unions; United States Army 1942-46; New Yo rk intellectuals 1950s; Dissent Magazine, founding of, editorial policies of, authors; anti-McCarthyism; defense of academic freedom; New Left and old left; continuing socialist commitment
Collection Name
Arguing the World oral history collection
Subjects
New York (N.Y.) Intellectual life 20th century; Howe, Irving
Format
oral histories; video recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
circa 1993
Note
Interviewed by Joseph Dorman
Note (Provenance)
Joseph Dorman, Gift 1998
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
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Catalog Record
15146148
Also In
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-8mwr-ay46
Related URLs
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