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基本説明
Twelve contributors examine the party's history from the early period, up to the events in Hungary in 1956, to the present day, in the aftermath of thecollapse of the Soviet Union and the demise of the CP in Britain.
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'This collection is a real achievement and sets a new standard which other historians of the left will need to match' Nick Tiratsoo, New Times'Serious students of British communist history will be glad to have [Opening the Books] on their shelves' Peter Fryer, Workers Press'This book could be of value as a source for some aspects of the early history of the CPGB' Morning StarA judicous blending of praise and blame. Sue Bradley is very interesting on the Lancashire women who made up the majority of the county's over half a million cotton workers. Nina Fishman is equally good on the 1926-56 trade union movement as a whole. Mike Waite adds a well-informed study of the dubious youth culture of the 1960's. But the CP, Eric Hobsbawn emphasizes in a postscript to Opening the Books, was a far from negligible force, and ought not to be forgotten. History Today, Dec '95
Contents
Introduction1 The Communists and the colonies: anti-imperialism between the wars by John Callaghan2 'Divisions in the movement': the National Unemployed Workers Movement and its rivals in comparative perspective by Richard Croucher3 The Communist Party and the Scottish coalfield 1919-38 by Alan Campbell4 Women and communism: a case study of the Lancashire weavers in the depression by Sue Bruley5 Authors take sides: writers and the Communist Party 1920-56 by Andy Croft6 The Communist Party and the trade unions 1926-56 by Nina Fishman7 Sidestepping the contradictions: the Communist Party, Jewish Communists and Zionism 1935-48 by Henry Srebrnik8 The Communist Party and the Daily Worker 1930-56 by Kevin Morgan9 The Communist Party, production and Britain's post-war settlement by James Hinton10 West Africans and the Communist Party in the 1950s by Hakim Adi11 Communism and the New Left by Mike Kenny12 Sex 'n' drugs 'n' rock 'n' roll (and communism) in the 1960s by Mike Waite13 Young turks and old guard: intellectuals and the Communist Party in the 1970s by Geoff AndrewsAfterword by Eric HobsbawmNotes on contributorsArchival sources and further readingBibliography
