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9781854891419: Red Lives (Issue 21) (Social history journal)

Synopsis

"Presented here is an overview of the recent scholarship on the sub- and counter-culture aspects of the Communist movement. The articles cover Britain, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, and Finland, spanning the entire history of Communism, from the 1920s to the 1980s. Such issues as ethnic organizations, cadre formation, the Communist scouts movement, party families, and Communist fiction are explored. Themes discussed include gender, ethnicity, generation, local milieu, and the role of intellectuals."

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Synopsis

Historians of communism have become increasingly interested in its sub- and counter-cultural aspects and an overview of this scholarship is presented here. Geographically, other articles take in Britain, The Netherlands, Germany and Scandinavia. Thematically, they include the role of intellectuals; a communist "Scouts" movement; and exemplary lives in communist fiction. The issues raised concern not just historians of communism but all social historians.

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