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100			_aRedfern, Neil
245		0	_aClass or nation
260			_aLondon
260			_bTauris Academic Studies
260			_c2005
300			_a257p.
520			_aThe size of the Communist party of great Britain (cpgb) belied its influence; many saw it as a microcosm of the communist-capitalist struggle. It had a powerful presence in British society despite being a minority movement. Based upon newly available sources, Neil redfern re-examines the movement and its relationship to imperialism. He traces the history of British communism from its gradualist roots and finds that, despite world War I, The 1917 revolution and mass movements in Asia, Africa and Latin America, cpgb remained euro-centred and reformist rather than revolutionary, even supporting the post-1945 labour government.
650			_aImperialism
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