Beschreibung:
John Callaghan is Professor in Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Salford. Ben Harker is Lecturer in Community and Cultural Studies at the University of Salford.
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.
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