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American Communism in Crisis, 1943-1957
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ISBN: 0674368797 Year: 2014 Publisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press,

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In 1943 the American Communist Party was a large, politically influential, broadly based movement. In 1957 it was a small, weak, and isolated political sect. The Party's decline in the intervening Cold War years is the subject of this book-an analysis of a major radical movement that touched millions of Americans and pervaded many aspects of American life. The author, at one time active in the Party and foreign editor of its paper, the Daily Worker, and now a scholar and professor of political science, has combined personal experience with careful scholarship to analyze what happened to a revolutionary organization that found itself unable to make a revolution. His approach is not autobiographical, but rather analytical. Mr. Starobin places the Party in its historical and political context and describes its unsuccessful efforts to adapt to the demands of the American political situation. Throughout the book are fresh interpretations of important events: the struggle in 1945 between Earl Browder and William Z. Foster for leadership of the Party, the outcome of which had a profound effect on the Party's future course; the nature of Browder's policies and Moscow's eventual rejection of him; the Henry Wallace movement of 1948; the right-left battle within the CIO in the late forties; the "Communist conspiracy" problem of the fifties; the Party's relationship with the Soviet Communists; the origins of the "Black liberation movement." The author's basic conclusion is that American Communists were on their way to becoming an authentic and powerful radical movement in American life but were defeated by a basic contradiction: they could not continue to be part of a world movement dominated by Leninist concepts and yet consolidate their relative success within the United States, where these concepts were not applicable. To survive, the Party had to change. It had to anticipate by fifteen years and to endure the two tendencies that would develop within world Communism: the Russian quasi-revolutionary strain and the Chinese ultra-revolutionary. It tried, Mr. Starobin shows, and it failed. American Communism in Crisis, 1943-1957 will interest not only history-minded readers but also anyone concerned today with social change. The book has much to say to the new left-giving historical material necessary for an understanding of its past and its potential.

South Africa and the communist international : a documentary history
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ISBN: 1315039214 1135289735 1135289662 9781135289669 9780714652801 0714652806 Year: 2014 Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge,

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The first Naxal : an authorised biography of Kanu Sanyal
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ISBN: 9351504344 9351501094 9789351501091 9788132117872 8132117875 Year: 2014 Publisher: New Delhi, India : Sage Publications,

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It seldom happens that the story of an individual becomes so intertwined with the cause she or he stands for that it becomes impossible to separate the one from the other. Kanu Sanyal's is one such rare story: to read it is to relive the history of the Naxalite Movement, which the Indian establishments call the country's biggest internal security threat.This book narrates the making of Kanu Sanyal right from his childhood to the days of the Naxalbari uprising and beyond. It delves deep into Sanyal's evolution as a Communist rebel and throws light on the various stages of the Naxalite Movement


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The Communist International and US Communism, 1919-1929
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ISBN: 9004268898 9789004268890 1322127786 9781322127781 9789004219601 9004219609 Year: 2014 Publisher: Leiden, Netherlands : Brill,

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Since the Cold War, most historians have set up an opposition between the “American” and “international” aspects of early American Communism. This book examines the development of the Communist Party in its first decade, from 1919 to 1929. Using the archives of the Communist International, this book, in contrast to previous studies, argues that the International played an important role in the early part of this decade in forcing the party to “Americanise”. Special attention is given to the attempts by the Comintern to orient American Communists on the role of black oppression, and to see the struggle for black liberation and the fight for socialism as inextricably linked. The later sections of the book provide the most detailed account now available of how the Comintern, reflecting the Stalinisation of the Soviet Union, intervened in the American party to ensure the Stalinisation of American Communism.

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Communism --- History --- Communist International --- Communist Party of the United States of America --- Workers (Communist) Party of America --- Communist Party of America --- Communist Political Association --- Progressive Labor Movement (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) --- CPUSA --- Communist Party of the United States --- Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ SShA --- Mei-kuo kung chʻan tang --- Communist Party, U.S.A. --- Amerikan Komünist Partisi --- American Communist Party --- Partido Comunista de los Estados Unidos --- KP der USA --- K.P. der U.S.A. --- Kommunistische Partei der USA --- Kommunistische Partei der U.S.A. --- Ḳomunisṭishe parṭey der Fareynigṭe Shṭaṭn --- Communist Party USA --- קאמוניסטישער פארטיי פון די פאראייניקטע שטאטן --- קומוניסטישער פארטיי, פערייניקטע שטאטן --- Yhdysvaltain Kommunistipuolue --- Communist Information Bureau --- Kyōsan Intānashonaru --- Kyōsan Shugi Intānashonaru --- Bolshevik International --- International Communist Congress --- Red International --- Third Communist International --- Third International --- Tretiĭ Internat︠s︡ional --- International (Third) --- Kommunisticheskiĭ Internat︠s︡ional --- Kommunistische Internationale --- Internazionale comunista --- Коминтерн --- Komintern --- Comintern --- Troisième Internationale --- Dritte Internationale --- Komunistická internacionála --- Třetí Internacionála --- Internacional Comunista --- 3-ĭ Internat︠s︡ional --- Internationale communiste --- I.C. (Communist International) --- IC (Communist International) --- Kommunistiska internationalen --- Terza Internazionale --- Kominterun --- Комунистический интернационал --- Komunisticheskiĭ internat︠s︡ional --- Daisan Intānashonaru --- Konmintan --- Kung chʻan kuo chi --- Kokusai Kyōsantō --- Komintān --- Mosukō Intānashonaru --- Tretja Internacionala --- Komuminterun --- Kommunista Internacionálé --- Communistische Internationale --- Kūmintrun --- كومنترن --- אינטרנצינל הקומוניסטי --- コミンテルン --- 共產國際 --- Tercera Internacional


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The new emperors : power and the princelings in China
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ISBN: 9781780769103 0857733834 9780857733832 1780769105 0755619390 Year: 2014 Publisher: London : I.B.Tauris,

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"China has become the powerhouse of the world economy and home to 1 in 5 of the world's population, yet we know almost nothing of the people who lead it. How does one become the leader of the world's newest superpower? And who holds the real power in the Chinese system? In The New Dragons, the noted China expert Kerry Brown journeys deep into the heart of the secretive Communist Party. China's system might have its roots in peasant rebellion but it is now firmly under the control of a power-conscious Beijing elite, almost half of whose members are related directly to former senior Party leaders."--Bloomsbury Publishing.


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China's Diplomacy
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ISBN: 1938134397 9781938134395 9781938134388 1938134389 Year: 2014 Publisher: Hackensack, NJ

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This book offers a comprehensive review of the Communist Party of China's approach to diplomacy, through an extensive evaluation of the major practices and theories behind the Party's diplomacy, with its main achievements in its 90 years of diplomacy highlighted. It delves into the views held by the Communist Party of China on the changing times, the international system, national interests, and developments in China's diplomacy. Other topics covered at length include China's traditional and non-traditional diplomatic practices as well as basic characteristics of the Party's diplomacy. Few boo


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A dancer in the revolution : Stretch Johnson, Harlem communist at the Cotton Club
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ISBN: 0823256553 0823256561 0823256545 Year: 2014 Publisher: New York : Empire State Editions,

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"The life of Howard Johnson, nicknamed "Stretch" because of his height (6'5"), epitomizes the cultural and political odyssey of a generation of African Americans who transformed the United States from a closed society to a multiracial democracy. Johnson's long-awaited memoir traces his path from firstborn of a multiclass/multiethnic" family in New Jersey to dancer in Harlem's Cotton Club to communist youth leader and, later, professor of Black studies. A Dancer in the Revolution is a powerful statement about Black resilience and triumph amid subtle and explicit racism in the United States. Johnson's engaging, beautifully written memoir provides a window into everyday life in Harlem--neighborhood life, arts and culture, and politics--from the 1930's to the 1970's, when the contemporary Black community was being formed. A Dancer in the Revolution explores Johnson's twenty-plus years in the Communist Party and illuminates in compelling detail how the Harlem branch functioned and flourished in the 1930's and '40's. Johnson thrived as a charismatic leader, using the connections he built up as an athlete and dancer to create alliances between communist organizations and a cross-section of the Black community. In his memoir, Johnson also exposes the homoerotic tourism that was a feature of Harlem's nightlife in the 1930's. Some of America's leading white literary, musical, and artistic figures were attracted to Harlem not only for the community's artistic creativity but to engage in illicit sex--gay and straight--with their Black counterparts. A Dancer in the Revolution is an invaluable contribution to the literature on Black political thought and pragmatism. It reveals the unique place that Black dancers and artists hold in civil rights pursuits and anti-racism campaigns in the United States and beyond. Moreover, the life of "Stretch" Johnson illustrates how political activism engenders not only social change but also personal fulfillment, a realization of dreams not deferred but rather pursued and achieved. Johnson's journey bears witness to critical periods and events that shaped the Black condition and American society in the process"--


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China's diplomacy : Theory and practice
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ISBN: 9781938134388 1938134389 Year: 2014 Publisher: Hackensack World Century

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Peasant Society and Marxist Intellectuals in China : Fang Zhimin and the Origin of a Revolutionary Movement in the Xinjiang Region
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ISBN: 0691605238 1400860423 9781400860425 9780691605234 0691055718 9780691055718 0691634211 9780691634210 Year: 2014 Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press,

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Whereas most writing on the Communist Revolution in China has concentrated on the influence of intellectual leaders, this book examines the role of peasants in the upheaval, viewing them not as a malleable mass but as a dynamic social force interacting with the radical intelligentsia. Focusing on the Xinjiang region, Kamal Sheel traces the historical roots of the early twentieth-century agrarian crisis that led to a large-scale revolution in the late 1920s, one of the most successful peasant movements organized by the Chinese Communists. A fresh analysis emerges of the remarkable Marxist intellectual Fang Zhimin, who used his deeply entrenched rural connections to organize the movement through a creative synthesis of traditional folk concepts with modern Marxist thought. This history begins with the impact of the Taiping Rebellion and proceeds to document the rapid disintegration of the small peasant economy under the pressures of world economics, a "state in crisis," and a qualitatively different landed upper class. It discusses exploitation, protest, and rural uprisings in the context of the "crisis of paternalism," marked by a progressive deterioration in the social relationships in rural areas. Integrating this investigation of rural upheaval with recent social science theories on peasant movements, the study ultimately explores the growth of the Xinjiang revolutionary movement.Originally published in 1989.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.


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Le Parti communiste français et le livre : écrire et diffuser le politique en France au XXe siècle (1920-1992)
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ISBN: 9782364410831 2364410835 Year: 2014 Publisher: Dijon : Editions universitaires de Dijon,

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Courant politique majeur, observé à la loupe par de multiples observateurs et historiens intrigués par sa puissance considérable puis sa persistance, le communisme français a été aussi porteur d'une culture du livre qu'il a hérité de la longue tradition des mouvements socialistes depuis le XIXe siècle. Structurée d'après la "forme parti" qu'impliquaient à partir des années 1920 les développements du mouvement communiste international, cette culture du livre s'est appuyée sur plusieurs maisons d'éditions, des dizaines de librairies, ainsi que de grands systèmes de distribution. Des millions d'ouvrages, politiques, philosophiques, romanesques, poétiques ou de littérature de jeunesse, ont été publiés par ces réseaux communistes. Il était temps d'en proposer une histoire. Plusieurs spécialistes venus d'horizons différents, de l'histoire du PCF, du monde du livre, de la philosophie des Lumières, nous dévoilent ce territoire méconnu de l'histoire du communisme. Une série de documents complémentaires inédits, issus d'archives, ainsi que plusieurs entretiens avec d'anciens responsables des maisons d'éditions communistes, complètent un ensemble offrant un regard original sur une série d'initiatives qui contribuèrent à nourrir "l'exception culturelle" française.

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Communist parties --- Publishers and publishing --- Propaganda, Communist --- Communism and literature --- Books and reading --- Partis communistes --- Editeurs et édition --- Propagande communiste --- Communisme et littérature --- Livres et lecture --- History --- Political aspects --- Histoire --- Aspect politique --- Parti communiste français --- France --- Intellectual life --- Vie intellectuelle --- Communication in politics --- Propaganda --- Parti communiste français --- Publishing --- Sève, Lucien, --- Mazauric, Claude, --- Entretiens --- Éditions --- Political psychology --- Social influence --- Advertising --- Persuasion (Psychology) --- Psychological warfare --- Public relations --- Publicity --- Social pressure --- Political communication --- Political science --- Book publishing --- Books --- Book industries and trade --- Booksellers and bookselling --- History. --- Parti communiste (France) --- Frant︠s︡uzskai︠a︡ kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ --- Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Frant︠s︡ii --- Ḥizb al-Shuyūʻī al-Faransī --- Französische Kommunistische Partei --- Communist Party (France) --- French Communist Party --- Partido Comunista Francés --- PCF (Parti communiste français) --- Partito comunista francese --- Kommunistische Partei Frankreichs --- KPF --- FKP --- Francuska Partia Komunistyczna --- P.C.F. (Parti communiste français) --- K.P.F. --- F.K.P. --- Francouzská komunistická strana --- P.C. (Parti communiste français) --- PC (Parti communiste français) --- Communist International. --- S.F.I.C. --- SFIC --- Parti socialiste-S.F.I.O. --- Editeurs et édition --- Communisme et littérature --- Sève, Lucien --- Entretiens. --- Political aspects&delete& --- Đảng cộng sản Pháp --- Mazauric, Claude --- Publishers and publishing - Political aspects - France - History --- Communication in politics - France - History - 20th century --- Propaganda - France - History - 20th century --- Sève, Lucien --- Éditions

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