Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company (American publishing house)
- Charles H. Kerr
- Sort Name
- Kerr, Charles H.
- Type
- Publisher
- Area
- Chicago
- Date Founded
- 1886
- Date Dissolved
- ?
Wikipedia
The Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company is an American publishing house founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1886 by Charles Hope Kerr. Originally called Charles H. Kerr & Co., its stated purpose was to distribute Unitarian tracts. But as Kerr's political views were radicalized in the 1890s, the company's choice of publications shifted from religion to populism, Marxism, socialism, and the militant labor movement as embodied in the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
In 1928, Kerr ceded control of the firm to the Proletarian Party of America, which continued the imprint for the next several decades until control was transferred in 1971 to a circle of Chicago-based radicals who gave the company its current moniker and its motto, "Subversive Literature for the Whole Family Since 1886". In the 21st century, the Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company remains in operation, making it "the oldest socialist publishing house in the world."
Editions
| Name | Author Credits | Format | ISBN | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proudhon & His “Bank of the People” | Charles Anderson Dana | Paperback | 978-0-88286-066-4 | 1984 |
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- Last Modified
- 2024-01-14