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The Communist Manifestoby Karl Marx; Friedrich Engels
The Floating Press 1888; US$ 3.95Commonly known as The Communist Manifesto , the Manifesto of the Communist Party (in German "Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei") has been one of the most influential political documents in the world, having a far-reaching effect on twentieth-century political organization. In this 1848 publication, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels expound the program and purpose of the Communist League who commissioned the work. A critique of the Capitalist order of the time... more...
Beyond Totalitarianismby Michael Geyer; Sheila Fitzpatrick
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 24.00These essays rethink the nature of Stalinism and Nazism and establish a new methodology for viewing their histories. more...
Uncivil Societyby Stephen Kotkin; Jan Gross
Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 11.99Twenty years ago, the Berlin Wall fell. In one of modern history’s most miraculous occurrences, communism imploded–and not with a bang, but with a whimper. Now two of the foremost scholars of East European and Soviet affairs, Stephen Kotkin and Jan T. Gross, drawing upon two decades of reflection, revisit this crash. In a crisp, concise, unsentimental narrative, they employ three case studies–East Germany, Romania, and Poland–to illuminate what led Communist regimes to surrender, or to be swept away in political bank runs. This is less a story of dissidents, so-called civil society, than of the bankruptcy of a ruling class–communism’s establishment, or “uncivil society.” The Communists borrowed... more...
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracyby Joseph A. Schumpeter; Joseph Stiglitz
Taylor & Francis 2010; US$ 26.95A work of social theory. It contributes to the way for a balanced consideration of some of the most important social movements. more...
The Meaning of Marxismby Paul D'Amato
Haymarket Books 2009; US$ 12.00A lively and accessible introduction to the ideas of Karl Marx, with historical and contemporary examples. more...
Political Economy of Social Credit and Guild Socialismby Frances Hutchinson; Brian Burkitt
Routledge 1997; US$ 130.00Focusing 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$ 35.95This 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$ 200.00The 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$ 28.95A 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...