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The Cold Warby John Lewis Gaddis
Penguin Group Inc. 2006; US$ 13.99The ?dean of Cold War historians? ( The New York Times ) now presents the definitive account of the global confrontation that dominated the last half of the twentieth century. Drawing on newly opened archives and the reminiscences of the major players, John Lewis Gaddis explains not just what happened but why ?from the months in 1945 when the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. went from alliance to antagonism to the barely averted holocaust of the Cuban Missile Crisis to the maneuvers of Nixon and Mao, Reagan and Gorbachev. Brilliant, accessible, almost Shakespearean in its drama, The Cold War stands as a triumphant summation of the era that, more than any other, shaped our own. more...
The Partyby Richard McGregor
HarperCollins 2010; US$ 14.99An eye-opening investigation into China's Communist Party and its integral role in the country's rise as a global superpower and rival of the United States China's political and economic growth in the past three decades is one of astonishing, epochal dimensions. The country has undergone a remarkable transformation on a scale similar to that of the Industrial Revolution in the West. The most remarkable part of this transformation, however, has been left largely untoldthe central role of the Chinese Communist Party. As an organization alone, the Party is a phenomenon of unique scale and power. Its membership surpasses seventy-three million, and it does more than just rule a country. The Party not only has a grip on every... more...
The Australian Economy 3by Peter Kriesler
Allen & Unwin 1993; US$ 28.18This text provides the background students will need to understand the major economic debates in Australia. It explains the reasons for continuing high levels of unemployment, government expenditure cuts and the impact of foreign debt. It also outlines options available to government. more...
The Condition of the Working Class in Englandby Frederick Engels
Electric Book Company 1998; US$ 4.95Frederick Engels was the son of a textile manufacturer, and after managing a factory in Manchester, England, he wrote his first major work, The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844. This is his best known work and is one of the best studies of the working class in Victorian England. The fluency of his writing, the personal nature of his insights, and his talent for mordant satire combine to make Engels's account of the lives of the victims of early industrial change a classic. more...
The Communist Manifestoby Karl Marx; Frederick Engels
Electric Book Company 1998; US$ 3.95After the London Congress of the Communist League, Marx and Engels worked togther on the organization's manifesto, which was completed in December 1847. In January 1848 it was approved by the Central Authority of the Communist League. In February 1848, it was first printed (in German) at League member J. E. Burghard's London printshop (46 Liverpool Street). The Manifesto remains one of the world's greatest political documents in content, style and influence. more...
Political Economy of Social Credit and Guild Socialismby Frances Hutchinson; Brian Burkitt
Routledge 1997; US$ 140.00Focusing on the Douglas Social Credit movement, this work examines the origin of the key ideas, gives an overview of the main theories and discusses their subsequent history. more...
Marxism and Human Natureby Sean Sayers
Routledge 1998; US$ 44.95This is an ambitious and wide ranging defence of the Marxist and Hegelian historical approach, engaging with a wide range of work at the heart of the contemporary debate in social and moral philosophy. more...
Communist Agricultureby Wä Karl-Eugen dekin
Routledge 1990; US$ 210.00The agrarian policies of China, Mongolia, Vietnam and Cuba are compared and assessed, together providing a fascinating account of agricultural development in socialist economies. more...
Socialismsby Tony Blair; Tony Wright
Routledge 1996; US$ 52.95A superb, wide-ranging analysis of socialist ideas and movements, with a newly revised discussion of contemporary socialism. `It is probably the best short history of socialism available today.' - Paul Hirst, History of European Ideas more...
Communism and Its Collapseby Stephen White
Routledge 2000; US$ 29.95A survey of communism from the Russian revolution of 1917 to the collapse of the late 1980s. Focusing particularly on the USSR and Eastern Europe this book examines the development of communist rule in historical and analytical terms. more...









