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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. -- .

Trade Review
The work of John Callaghan and Ben Harker is part of the renewed interest in the study of British communism that followed its decline and the opening of the archives of the party. -- .

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Defining Bolshevism
2. Defending the Soviets
3. The problem of Social Democracy
4. The British empire
5. The new line, 1928–35
6. Popular Front Communism, 1935–39
7. The CPGB 1939–47
8. The national road and the British cultural tradition, 1947–56
9. 1956 and Communist crisis
10. Communists and Trade Unions since 1945
11. The ‘new social movements’
12. Things fall apart
Index

British Communism

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/30/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719082108, 978-0719082108
      ISBN10: 0719082102

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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. -- .

      Trade Review
      The work of John Callaghan and Ben Harker is part of the renewed interest in the study of British communism that followed its decline and the opening of the archives of the party. -- .

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1. Defining Bolshevism
      2. Defending the Soviets
      3. The problem of Social Democracy
      4. The British empire
      5. The new line, 1928–35
      6. Popular Front Communism, 1935–39
      7. The CPGB 1939–47
      8. The national road and the British cultural tradition, 1947–56
      9. 1956 and Communist crisis
      10. Communists and Trade Unions since 1945
      11. The ‘new social movements’
      12. Things fall apart
      Index

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