Against the grain : the British far left from 1956 /: the British far left from 1956. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Evan Smith and Matthew Worley.
• Editors: Smith, Evan, 1981-; Worley, Matthew
• Contents: AGAINST THE GRAIN: The British far left from 1956; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: The far left in Britain from 1956: Evan Smith and Matthew Worley; Part I: Movements; 1. Engaging with Trotsky: The influence of Trotskyism in Britain: John Callaghan; 2. The New Left: Beyond Stalinism and social democracy?: Paul Blackledge; 3. Narratives of radical lives: The roots of 1960s activism and the making of the British left: Celia Hughes 4. Marching separately, seldom together: The political history of two principal trends in British Trotskyism, 1945-2009: Phil Burton-Cartledge5. Opposition in slow motion: The CPGB's 'anti-revisionists' in the 1960s and 1970s: Lawrence Parker; 6. Dissent from dissent: The 'Smith/Party' Group in the 1970s CPGB: Andrew Pearmain; 7. British anarchism in the era of Thatcherism: Rich Cross; Part II: Issues; 8. Jam tomorrow?: Socialist women and Women's Liberation, 1968-82: an oral history approach: Sue Bruley; 9. Something new under the sun: The revolutionary left and gay politics: Graham Willett 10. 'Vicarious pleasure'?: The British far left and the third world, 1956-79: Ian Birchall11. Anti-racism and the socialist left, 1968-79: Satnam Virdee; 12. Red Action -- left-wing political pariah: Some observations regarding ideological apostasy and the discourse of proletarian resistance: Mark Hayes; 13. Anti-fascism in Britain, 1997-2012: David Renton; Index
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 320.5 23; Right and left (Political science) -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Socialism -- Great Britain -- 20th century; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference; Right and left (Political science); Socialism; Great Britain; Electronic books; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847799234; 9781781707388; 1781707383
• Related ISBNs: 184779923X; 9780719095900; 0719095905
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 30, 2015)
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