British Communism - A Documentary History

Informationen zum Autor John Callaghan is Professor of Politics at the University of Wolverhampton John Callaghan is Professor in Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Salford Klappentext Draws together key documents in the history of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) in a single, student-friendly volume. Balanced, comprehensive and framed by Callaghan and Harker's detailed introductions, this is a valuable addition to the study of twentieth-century Britain. Zusammenfassung Draws together key documents in the history of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) in a single, student-friendly volume. Balanced, comprehensive and framed by Callaghan and Harker’s detailed introductions, this is a valuable addition to the study of twentieth-century Britain. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Defining Bolshevism2. Defending the Soviets3. The problem of Social Democracy4. The British empire5. The new line, 1928-356. Popular Front Communism, 1935-397. The CPGB 1939-478. The national road and the British cultural tradition, 1947-569. 1956 and Communist crisis10. Communists and Trade Unions since 194511. The 'new social movements'12. Things fall apartIndex

Product details

• Authors: John Callaghan, John Harker Callaghan
• Assisted by: Callaghan (Editor), John Callaghan (Editor), Callaghan John (Editor), Ben Harker (Editor), Harker Ben (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2011
• EAN: 9780719082108
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8210-8
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Documents in Modern History; Documents in Modern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Marxism & Communism