Class or Nation
Communists, Imperialism and Two World Wars
Seiten
2012
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-1-78076-028-5 (ISBN)
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-1-78076-028-5 (ISBN)
The size of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) belied its influence; many saw it as a microcosm of the communist-capitalist struggle. It had a powerful presence in British society despite being a minority movement. Based on various sources, the author re-examines the movement and its relationship to imperialism.
The size of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) belied its influence; many saw it as a microcosm of the communist-capitalist struggle. It had a powerful presence in British society despite being a minority movement. Based upon newly available sources, Neil Redfern re-examines the movement and its relationship to imperialism. He traces the history of British communism from its gradualist roots and finds that, despite World War I, the 1917 revolution and mass movements in Asia, Africa and Latin America, CPGB remained Euro-centred and reformist rather than revolutionary, even supporting the post-1945 Labour government.
The size of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) belied its influence; many saw it as a microcosm of the communist-capitalist struggle. It had a powerful presence in British society despite being a minority movement. Based upon newly available sources, Neil Redfern re-examines the movement and its relationship to imperialism. He traces the history of British communism from its gradualist roots and finds that, despite World War I, the 1917 revolution and mass movements in Asia, Africa and Latin America, CPGB remained Euro-centred and reformist rather than revolutionary, even supporting the post-1945 Labour government.
Neil Redfern teaches Modern History at Manchester University and is an Honorary Research Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Inheritance: European and British Marxism 1884-1917
2. Breaking with the Past? The Birth of British Bolshevism 1917-1922
3. The Second International Revisited 1935-1941
4. The decay of British Bolshevism: From Barbarossa to Teheran June 1941-November 1943
5. The Death of British Bolshevism: Teheran to the CP's Eighteenth Congress November 1943-November 1945
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Sprache | englisch |
|---|---|
| Maße | 134 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 348 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78076-028-0 / 1780760280 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78076-028-5 / 9781780760285 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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