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Based on extensive use of primary evidence, this book is a study of the British communist life between the Wars as it was experienced at the various phases of the life cycle.

Table of Contents

Introduction
PART I: The communist life cycle: the early years
1. In the home: communist mothercraft and child rearing
2. Into the Party structure: the communist children movement
3. A bright and purposeful life: youth and the Young Communist League
PART II: The communist life cycle: adulthood
4. A single communist personality?: communist couples and Red families
5. Being in a familiar place: the life of the adult activist
PART III: The communist life cycle: Shaping communists
6. Tending the communist body: the quest for physical fitness
7. Communist life style: fostering correct habits, good behaviour, and right ways of living
8. Communists at play
9. Culture from below: a culture for proletarians
PART IV: The communist life cycle: end of the cycle
10. In memoriam
Afterword
Select bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 2/28/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719071416, 978-0719071416
      ISBN10: 0719071410

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Based on extensive use of primary evidence, this book is a study of the British communist life between the Wars as it was experienced at the various phases of the life cycle.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      PART I: The communist life cycle: the early years
      1. In the home: communist mothercraft and child rearing
      2. Into the Party structure: the communist children movement
      3. A bright and purposeful life: youth and the Young Communist League
      PART II: The communist life cycle: adulthood
      4. A single communist personality?: communist couples and Red families
      5. Being in a familiar place: the life of the adult activist
      PART III: The communist life cycle: Shaping communists
      6. Tending the communist body: the quest for physical fitness
      7. Communist life style: fostering correct habits, good behaviour, and right ways of living
      8. Communists at play
      9. Culture from below: a culture for proletarians
      PART IV: The communist life cycle: end of the cycle
      10. In memoriam
      Afterword
      Select bibliography
      Index

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