Class or Nation : Communists, Imperialism and Two World Wars.
Title:
Class or Nation : Communists, Imperialism and Two World Wars.
Author:
Redfern, Neil.
ISBN:
9780857711427
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (268 pages)
Series:
International Library of Political Studies
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Inheritance: European and British Marxism 1884-1917 -- Chapter 2: Breaking with the Past? The Birth of British Bolshevism 1917-1922 -- Chapter 3: The Second International Revisited 1935-1941 -- Chapter 4: The decay of British Bolshevism -- Chapter 5: The Death of British Bolschevism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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