{"product_id":"american-socialist-laurence-gronlund-and-the-power-behind-revolution-9780807183519","title":"American Socialist: Laurence Gronlund and the Power Behind Revolution","description":"Ryan C. McIlhenny's \u003ci\u003eAmerican Socialist\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive biography of Laurence Gronlund (1844-1899), one of the nation's most persuasive proponents of socialism. Gronlund cultivated a unique polemic against capitalism by advocating positions that synthesized Marxism with Darwinian evolution, rejected class violence, and emphasized cooperation over competition. According to McIlhenny, a belief in a divine force advancing history toward a \"cooperative commonwealth\" underpinned his philosophy. Gronlund's books enjoyed a wide and dogmatic readership during the late nineteenth century, and his teachings inspired prominent Gilded Age figures, including Edward Bellamy, Leo Tolstoy, and Eugene V. Debs. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Socialist\u003c\/i\u003e masterfully restores Gronlund to his place among the nation's most important political thinkers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRyan C. McIlhenny\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of liberal arts and humanities at Xing Wei College in Shanghai, China, and the author of \u003ci\u003eTo Preach Deliverance to the Captives: Freedom and Slavery in the Protestant Mind of George Bourne, 1780-1845.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51201541505298,"sku":"9780807183519","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8f2f024d-34cd-43d5-a313-585400bc5f86.jpg?v=1744914393","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/american-socialist-laurence-gronlund-and-the-power-behind-revolution-9780807183519","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}