“By focusing on letterpress Ferguson presents a novel way of looking at the history of Anarchism. Letterpress as a way of working generates an active hands-on ambition to build and embody new and creative ideas. . . . Ferguson’s history promotes the message that meaningful radical development builds from face-to-face, hand-to-hand, cooperative endeavour.” — Peter Good, Kate Sharpley Library
"Ferguson's half-century of involvement in radical politics and her painstaking research in anarchist collections (many of them ill organized) qualifies her to write this dense but compelling history. . . . Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty." — T. S. Martin, Choice
"In fluid prose, Ferguson offers a fresh historical look at the anarchist movement through a focus on lesser-known figures and their lesser-known labours, including printing and letter-writing." — Layla Saleh, LSE Review of Books
"Letterpress Revolution is essential reading. It is a result of exhaustive and detailed research that clarifies instead of obscures. ... It enriches anarchist history allowing us to appreciate the nuances and bravery of people as well as their complexities."
— Barry Pateman, KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library
"Letterpress Revolution, like the innumerable print artifacts it analyzes, is a labor of love. ... The book’s understory teems with a rich ecosystem of ideas and stories painstakingly cultivated through patient research." — Nikita Shepard, Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies
“Letterpress Revolution brings poststructuralist and postmaterialist lenses to bear on the rich history of anarchist publishing and printing. Kathy E. Ferguson’s critical study is based on meticulous research and an impressive knowledge of the scholarly literature. Her exploration of the anarchists’ intricate networks of communication provides new perspectives on the constitution of American and Western European movements and anarchism’s theoretical trajectory and biases. The arguments are provocative and stimulating, as is her assessment of anarchism’s empowering legacy.” — Ruth Kinna author of The Government of No One: The Theory and Practice of Anarchism
“This labor of love brings back to us an almost-lost world in vivid and exemplary ways, with theoretical sophistication, historical depth, analytical rigor, and literary flair. Letterpress Revolution is a beautiful book—and a hopeful gift to future generations.” — Marcus Rediker, coauthor of The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic