One Hundred Years of Socialism: The West European Left in the Twentieth Century - Hardcover

Sassoon, Donald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1565843738 ISBN 13: 9781565843738

Publisher: New Pr, 1997

Synopsis

A history of recent European political events examines the role of the left in Europe from 1898 to the present, and looks at changes affecting the socialist and social democratic parties

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Review:

'Admirable...a compelling guide to the recent history of Social Democratic parties' --Tony Judt, TLS

'The author has scaled a mountain of scholarship and returned with an indispensable work of reference and reflection' --Norman Birnbaum, Political Quarterly

'A majestic work. Nothing like this great survey exists in any language...an unfailing pleasure to read' --The Economist

From the Back Cover:

“A remarkable new work of historical analysis, which will soon establish itself a classic, Donald Sassoon’s lucid and erudite 'One Hundred Years of Socialism', demonstrates that ... the effective parties of the left, whether social democratic or (in a few cases such as France and Italy) communist ... have served to regulate and socialise the wealth-creating and directionless economic dynamism of capitalism, not replace it.”
ERIC HOBSBAWM, 'Guardian'

“A majestic work. Nothing like this great survey exists in any language ... stylishly written, with an ironic wit and vivid gift of metaphor, the book is an unfailing pleasure to read.”
ECONOMIST

“Epic ... an encyclopaedic comparative work drawing freely on the histories of countries as diverse as Britain, Germany, Greece, Denmark and Finland ... its greatest strength lies in his placing of the left-right ideological battle within the context of the change and development of a capitalist system. Thus, [Sassoon] says, there has been no defeat of socialism by capitalism; the crisis of socialism was precipitated by the expansion of and changes in capitalism.”
ALAN THOMPSON, 'Times Higher Education Supplement'

“Brilliant ... Sassoon’s view is based on quite phenomenally extensive reading and knowledge. Yet we never feel ourselves to be drowning in a morass of unconnected or undigested detail. Nor does learning here preclude liveliness and wit ... an astonishing achievement, which deserves to become a classic of socialist history.”
ANTHONY ARBLASTER, 'Tribune'

“Sasson’s book is remarkable. A massive and original synthesis which deserves to become a classic, there is nothing comparable to it in the English language.”
DAVID MARQUAND

About this edition

• Publisher: New Pr
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1565843738
• ISBN 13: 9781565843738
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 965