First published in 1971, Rules for Radicals is Saul Alinsky's impassioned counsel to young radicals on how to effect constructive social change and know "the difference between being a realistic radical and being a rhetorical one." Written in the midst of radical political developments whose direction Alinsky was one of the first to question, this volume exhibits his style at its best. Like Thomas Paine before him, Alinsky was able to combine, both in his person and his writing, the intensity of political engagement with ...
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First published in 1971, Rules for Radicals is Saul Alinsky's impassioned counsel to young radicals on how to effect constructive social change and know "the difference between being a realistic radical and being a rhetorical one." Written in the midst of radical political developments whose direction Alinsky was one of the first to question, this volume exhibits his style at its best. Like Thomas Paine before him, Alinsky was able to combine, both in his person and his writing, the intensity of political engagement with an absolute insistence on rational political discourse and adherence to the American democratic tradition.
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Good in Acceptable jacket. Size: 8x6x0; Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. Text appears free of markings, though last ~30 pages have a water stain on top edge near spine (about 1.5 inches by 1 inch; doesn't affect actual text but does discolor and ever-so-slightly wrinkle the corner of the pages and the rear pastedown). Unclipped dust jacket (price of $6.95) has stain at head of spine, clear tape to head and heel, general wear, chipping to edges, and sunning to spine. Number line goes down to 5 (5th printing of 1st edition), DJ has "Saturday Review Book Club" on inner flap. A good hardcover copy with acceptable DJ. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Like New. Size: 8x6x0; 4th printing looks unread in as new price intact jacket only defect is a H stamped in blue ink to the flyleaf. Please email for photos.
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Good in Good jacket. 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" First edition (stated) with 98765432 number line. Pages clean; binding tight; minor wear to dustjacket (one-eighth inch closed tear to upper left corner of back panel). Detailed scans available upon request.
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Very Good. New York: Random House, 1971. 1st edition. 8vo hardcover. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering in pictorial dust jacket. xxvi+196pp. Very Good book. Fair dust jacket. Dust jacket has a two inch tear to front panel. Spine slightly slanted. In polypropylene bag. (Social Change, Radicalism, United States) Inquire if you need further information.
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Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by author. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 196 p. Audience: General/trade. Hardcover, first edition, with black covers, gilt lettering on spine, lengthy and wonderful inscription from author to (Senator) William (Bill) Fulbright, leading liberal senator at the time on first blank page, pencil underlining of brief texts in prologue, corner fold, rest of volume clean and unmarked, binding tight and secure. Shipped boxed in bubble wrap with tracking. I-1-B front
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Good. 0394443411. "Lest we forget...the very first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom-Lucifer."-page ix. "The revolutionary force today has two targets, moral as well as material. Its young protagonists are one moment reminiscent of the idealistic early Christians, yet they also urge violence and cry, 'Burn the system down! ' They have no illusions about the system, but plenty of illusions about the way to change the world. It is to this point that I have written this book."-page xiii. xxvi, 196 pages. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Moderate wear to black cloth-covered boards. Includes new replica dust jacket preserved in glossy archival-grade Brodart. A sound early [fifth printing] copy of this influential work.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals Antifa.
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Very Good in Good dust jacket. 0394443411. Fourth printing of the 1971 first edition. "Lest we forget...the very first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom-Lucifer."-page ix. "The revolutionary force today has two targets, moral as well as material. Its young protagonists are one moment reminiscent of the idealistic early Christians, yet they also urge violence and cry, 'Burn the system down! ' They have no illusions about the system, but plenty of illusions about the way to change the world. It is to this point that I have written this book."-page xiii. xxvi, 196 pages. Several pencil markings have been erased, otherwise contents clean, bright and unmarked. Binding tight. Light wear to publisher's black cloth brilliantly lettered in gilt upon backstrip. Light wear to price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound early copy of this influential work.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals Antifa.
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Very Good in Good dust jacket. 0394443411. Signed and inscribed to a friend by Saul Alinsky (1909-1972) atop front free endpaper. "America's most famous community organizer tells the Have-Nots how they can organize to achieve real political power for the practice of true democracy. The distillation of Mr. Alinsky's more than forty years as a professional radical. This hard-headed tactical advice provides an alternative not only to the powerlessness that threatens our democracy but to the random violence and bitter alienation by which so much radical energy is wasted."-dust jacket. In her B.A. thesis entitled 'An Analysis of the Alinsky Model' Hillary Clinton wrote "In regard to the paper itself, there are three people who deserve special appreciation [including] Mr. Alinsky for providing a topic, sharing his time and offering me a job." Book very clean, bright, tight and unmarked with negligible wear. Average wear to unclipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality signed example.; 8vo; Signed by Author.