Marx, Tocqueville, and Race in America

August J. Nimtz, Jr. is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota and the author of several books and articles on Marx and Engels.

• Part 1 Democracy in American: Two PerspectivesChapter 2 The Lessons of the "Most Progressive Nation"Chapter 3 Tocqueville's AmericaChapter 4 The Judgement of Recent Scholarship: A Balance SheetPart 5 Toward the "General Conflagration": Theory and PracticeChapter 6 The "New World View"Chapter 7 Slavery, Free Soil, and the Workers' MovementChapter 8 Preparing for a New RevolutionPart 9 "A Last Card Up Its Sleeve": The Overthrow of SlaveryChapter 10 Explaining the Civil WarChapter 11 The New "Struggle in the Press"Chapter 12 From a "Constitutional" to a "Revolutionary" WarChapter 13 A Comradely DisagreementChapter 14 The Judgement of Modern ScholarshipChapter 15 Revolutionary PracticeChapter 16 Marx and Engels's ContributionPart 17 A Dream Deferred: The Failed "Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America"Chapter 18 ReconstructionChapter 19 Birth of a New Labor MovementChapter 20 Marx on RaceChapter 21 Overthrow of ReconstructionChapter 22 Were Marx and Engels Derelict?Chapter 23 When "Conditions" Become "Ripe"

August Nimtz's scholarship's establishes beyond question that Marx and Engels, not Alexis de Tocqueville, were the most profound students (and proponents) of democracy in 19th century America. Anyone who thinks Marx and Engels were the intellectual fathers of 20th century totalitarianism will be interested to learn that they are more accurately seen as supporters of radical democracy for blacks and all other oppressed people in the world.