Fighting Fascism: The British Left and the Rise of Fascism, 191939 - The British Left and the Rise of Fascism, 1919-39

Informationen zum Autor Keith Hodgson is Head of History at Wigan & Leigh College Klappentext A new work that looks at the struggle against fascism in Britain between the wars, argues that the British left have been overlooked in studies of anti-fascism, and maintains that the Labour Party, the Communist Party and other left-wing currents developed sophisticated analyses of fascism on a par with those of European socialists and communists. Zusammenfassung A new work that looks at the struggle against fascism in Britain between the wars! argues that the British left have been overlooked in studies of anti-fascism! and maintains that the Labour Party! the Communist Party and other left-wing currents developed sophisticated analyses of fascism on a par with those of European socialists and communists. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsGlossary of terms and abbreviationsIntroduction1. White Guards and Black Hundreds: existing concepts of counter-revolution2. Explaining Italian fascism: from movement to dictatorship, 1919-263. The British left and the rise of NazismCase study: political evolution and analyses of fascism4. The left and fascism in Britain, 1919-325. Opposing the British Union of FascistsCase study: political evolution and anti-fascism6. Fascism and warConclusion: the Old Left and the 'New Consensus'BibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Keith Hodgson, Hodgson Keith, Tbd
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2010
• EAN: 9780719080555
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8055-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Fascism & Nazism, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Far-right political ideologies and movements, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period)