British communism
Subtitle: a documentary history
By: John Callaghan and Ben Harker
Contributors: Harker, Ben, author
Series: Documents in Modern History; Documents in modern history
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Manchester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780719082108; 9780719082115
Subjects: Communist Party of Great Britain; Sources; Communism; History
Description: Wide-ranging and richly researched, this is the first sourcebook to reconstruct the tumultuous history of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Drawing together over one hundred and fifty documents- including party statements, press releases, published correspondence, reviews, poems, cartoons and articles- it presents a detailed portrait of the party, its abiding concerns and its many contradictions from the 1920s to the 1980s. It samples voices from the full spectrum of the party's diverse personnel, from longstanding party leaders (Harry Pollitt, Rajani Palme Dutt), to prominent twentieth-century British intellectuals (E.P. Thompson, Eric Hobsbawm), to significant cultural figures (Jack Lindsay, Alan Bush, A.L. Lloyd).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-299) and index.