Paul Le Blanc (historian)
| Paul Le Blanc | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1947 (age 69–70) |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Pittsburgh |
| Academic work | |
| Main interests | Marxism, Leninism, Trotskyism |
Paul Joseph Le Blanc (born 1947) is an American historian and activist. Professor of History at La Roche College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA), he has written and/or edited more than 20 books, mostly dealing with the labor and socialist movements, in which he has been active.
Scholarship
His contribution "The Third American Revolution" to the best-selling collection Imagine: Living in a Socialist USA, edited by Frances Goldin, Michael Smith and Debby Smith (2014) was singled out by Kirkus Reviews as "persuasive . . . cogent, well-informed."[1]
Educational and Occupational Background
Le Blanc studied at the University of Pittsburgh, focusing on History and receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1971, a Master of Arts degree in 1980, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1989. Since 2000 he has been at La Roche College, as Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences from 2003 to 2009, and as a Professor of History there.[2]
Books (partial list)
- 1990: Lenin and the Revolutionary Party
- 1994: Selected Writings of C.L.R James, 1939–1949 (edited with Scott McLemee)
- 1996: Trotskyism in the United States: Historical Essays and Reconsiderations (with George Breitman and Alan Wald)
- 1996: From Marx to Gramsci (edited with major introductory essay)
- 1999: A Short History of the U.S. Working Class
- 1999: Rosa Luxemburg: Reflections and Writings (edited with major introductory essay)
- 2000: U.S. Labor in the Twentieth Century (edited with John Hinshaw)
- 2000: The Working-Class Movement in America, by Eleanor Marx and Edward Aveling (edited with introductory essay)
- 2003: Black Liberation and the American Dream (edited with major introductory essay)
- 2006: Marx, Lenin, and the Revolutionary Experience: Studies of Communism and Radicalism in the Age of Globalization
- 2008: Lenin: Revolution, Democracy, Socialism: Selected Writings (edited with introductory essay)
- 2011: Work and Struggle: Voices from U.S. Labor Radicalism (edited with introductory essays)
- 2011: Socialism or Barbarism: Selected Writings of Rosa Luxemburg (co-ed. with Helen C. Scott)
- 2012: Leon Trotsky: Writings From Exile (co-edited with Kunal Chattopadhyay)
- 2013: A Freedom Budget for All Americans: Recapturing the Promise of the Civil Rights Movement in the Struggle for Economic Justice Today (with Michael D. Yates)
- 2014: Unfinished Leninism: The Rise and Return of a Revolutionary Doctrine
- 2014: Leon Trotsky and the Organizational Principles of the Revolutionary Party (with Dianne Feeley and Thomas Twiss)
- 2015: Leon Trotsky ISBN 9781780234304