The Oxford Handbook of the History of CommunismS. A. Smith OUP Oxford, 09 հնվ, 2014 թ. - 672 էջ The impact of Communism on the twentieth century was massive, equal to that of the two world wars. Until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, historians knew relatively little about the secretive world of communist states and parties. Since then, the opening of state, party, and diplomatic archives of the former Eastern Bloc has released a flood of new documentation. The thirty-five essays in this Handbook, written by an international team of scholars, draw on this new material to offer a global history of communism in the twentieth century. In contrast to many histories that concentrate on the Soviet Union, The Oxford Handbook of the History of Communism is genuinely global in its coverage, paying particular attention to the Chinese Revolution. It is 'global', too, in the sense that the essays seek to integrate history 'from above' and 'from below', to trace the complex mediations between state and society, and to explore the social and cultural as well as the political and economic realities that shaped the lives of citizens fated to live under communist rule. The essays reflect on the similarities and differences between communist states in order to situate them in their socio-political and cultural contexts and to capture their changing nature over time. Where appropriate, they also reflect on how the fortunes of international communism were shaped by the wider economic, political, and cultural forces of the capitalist world. The Handbook provides an informative introduction for those new to the field and a comprehensive overview of the current state of scholarship for those seeking to deepen their understanding. |
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Lenin and Bolshevism | |
Stalin and Stalinism | |
Mao and Maoism | |
1919 | |
1936 | |
The Communist Peace Movement 1948 | |
The Cult of Personality and Symbolic Politics | |
Communist Revolution and Political Terror | |
Popular Opinion under Communist Regimes | |
Communism and Economic Modernization | |
Collectivization and Famine | |
Consumerism in Communist Societies | |
The Life of a Communist Militant | |
1956 | |
1968 | |
1989 | |
The Comintern | |
Communism in Eastern Europe | |
Communism in China 19002010 | |
Communism in South East Asia | |
Communism in Latin America | |
Communism in the Islamic World | |
Communism in Africa | |
Political and Economic Relations between Communist States | |
Rural Life | |
Romance and Reality | |
Communism and Women | |
Privilege and Inequality in Communist Society | |
NationMaking and National Conflict under Communism | |
Cultural Revolution | |
Popular Culture | |
Religion under Communism | |
Sport under Communism | |
Index | |
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