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The Lost World of British Communism

By Raphael Samuel
Preface by Alison Light

By Raphael Samuel
Preface by Alison Light

By Raphael Samuel
Preface by Alison Light

By Raphael Samuel
Preface by Alison Light

By Raphael Samuel
Preface by Alison Light

By Raphael Samuel
Preface by Alison Light

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Paperback $19.95

Jan 31, 2017 | ISBN 9781784780418

Hardcover $29.95

Nov 17, 2006 | ISBN 9781844671038

Ebook $9.99

Jan 31, 2017 | ISBN 9781784786380

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    About The Lost World of British Communism

    A fascinating account of life as a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain

    The Lost World of British Communism is a vivid account of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Raphael Samuel, one of post-war Britain’s most notable historians, draws on novels of the period and childhood recollections of London’s East End, as well as memoirs and Party archives, to evoke the world of British Communism in the 1940s. Samuel conjures up the era when the movement was at the height of its political and theoretical power, brilliantly bringing to life an age in which the Communist Party enjoyed huge prestige as a bulwark for the struggles against fascism and colonialism.

    About The Lost World of British Communism

    The Lost World of British Communism is a vivid account of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Raphael Samuel, one of post-war Britain’s most notable historians, draws on novels of the period and childhood recollections of London’s East End, as well as memoirs and Party archives, to evoke the world of British Communism in the 1940s. Samuel conjures up the era when the movement was at the height of its political and theoretical power, brilliantly bringing to life an age in which the Communist Party enjoyed huge prestige as a bulwark for the struggles against fascism and colonialism.

    About The Lost World of British Communism

    A fascinating account of life as a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain

    The Lost World of British Communism is a vivid account of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Raphael Samuel, one of post-war Britain’s most notable historians, draws on novels of the period and childhood recollections of London’s East End, as well as memoirs and Party archives, to evoke the world of British Communism in the 1940s. Samuel conjures up the era when the movement was at the height of its political and theoretical power, brilliantly bringing to life an age in which the Communist Party enjoyed huge prestige as a bulwark for the struggles against fascism and colonialism.

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    Product Details

    Category: Politics | European World History

    Paperback | $19.95
    Published by Verso
    Jan 31, 2017 | 256 Pages | ISBN 9781784780418

    Category: Politics | European World History

    Hardcover | $29.95
    Published by Verso
    Nov 17, 2006 | 244 Pages | 5-4/5 x 8-3/5 | ISBN 9781844671038

    Category: Politics | European World History

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Verso
    Jan 31, 2017 | 256 Pages | ISBN 9781784786380

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    Praise

    “An unparalleled account of the Communist Party at the height of its theoretical power and influence.”
    —London Review of Books

    “Raphael Samuel gave new meaning to the idea of history … He brought to the writing and popularisation of history a seemingly inexhaustible energy and creativity.”
    —Gareth Stedman Jones, Independent

    “Samuel was born to be an historian. He had the vital quality of living at the same time in the past, the present and the future. Everything interested him, from public health to colonial rebellion and from street lighting to street fighting.”
    —Times

    “You can’t know the times without knowing the party, and Samuel makes an excellent guide to it.”
    —Guardian

    “Shows Samuel at his very best as both a historian and writer.”
    —Tribune

    “The best book on the subject”
    —Martin Kettle, New Statesman

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