Means and Ends in American Abolitionism

In focusing on Garrison and his critics on strategy and tactics, Ms. Kraditor sees a struggle between respectabilityO and radical action which continues to reverberate. Brilliantly successful…a fruitful exploration into the history of a great movement.O-Harold M. Hyman, Book World.

Author Biography

Aileen S. Kraditor is Professor Emeritus of History at Boston University and a Fellow of the Society of American Historians. Her other books include The Ideas of Woman Suffrage Movement, 1890–1920; Up from the Pedestal: Selected Writings in the History of American Feminism; The Radical Persuasion, 1890–1917; and Jimmy Higgins: The Mental World of the American Rank-and-File Communist, 1930–1958.