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The collapse of communism was one of the most defining moments of the twentieth century. At its peak, more than a third of the world's population had lived under communist power.
What is communism? Where did the idea come from and what attracted people to it? What...
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OUP Oxford
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2009-08-27
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Featuring extensive revisions to the text as well as a new introduction and epilogue--bringing the book completely up to date on the tumultuous politics of the previous decade and the long-term implications of the Soviet collapse--this compact, original, and engaging...
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Oxford University Press
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2008-12-23
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In this gripping narrative, John Koehler details the widespread activities of East Germany's Ministry for State Security, or "Stasi." The Stasi, which infiltrated every walk of East German life, suppressed political opposition, and caused the imprisonment of hundreds of...
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Basic Books
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2008-08-05
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From an award-winning cultural theorist, the classic work on the intricate relationship between longing and belonging “A remarkable book… brilliant.”―New York Times Can one be nostalgic for the home one never had? Why is it that the age of...
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Basic Books
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2008-08-05
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The Communist Manifesto is one of the most influential pieces of political propaganda ever written. It is a summary of the whole Marxist vision of history and is the foundation document of the Marxist movement.
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were aged 29 and 27...
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OUP Oxford
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2008-04-17
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Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and...
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Penguin
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2004-09-02
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The collapse of communism in central and eastern Europe--the Revolution of 1989--was a singularly stunning event in a century already known for the unexpected. How did people divided for two generations by an Iron Curtain come so suddenly to dance together atop the...
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Oxford University Press
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2003-09-18
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The collapse of communism in central and eastern Europe--the Revolution of 1989--was a singularly stunning event in a century already known for the unexpected. How did people divided for two generations by an Iron Curtain come so suddenly to dance together atop the...
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Oxford University Press
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2003-09-18
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In recent years we could be forgiven for assuming that Marx has nothing left to say to us. Marxist regimes have failed miserably, and with them, it seemed, all reason to take Marx seriously. The fall of the Berlin Wall had enormous symbolic resonance: it was taken to be...
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OUP Oxford
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2003-08-28
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It is by no means absurd to say that Engels invented Marxism. His work did more than Marx to make converts of the most influential political movement of modern times. He was not only the father of dialectical and historical materialism, the official philosophies of...
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OUP Oxford
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2003-05-22
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In recent years we could be forgiven for assuming that Marx has nothing left to say to us. Marxist regimes have failed miserably, and with them, it seemed, all reason to take Marx seriously. The fall of the Berlin Wall had enormous symbolic resonance: it was taken to be...
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OUP Oxford
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2002-08-29
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"Most Americans first heard of Michael Harrington with the publication of The Other America, his seminal book on American poverty. Isserman expertly tracks Harrington's beginnings in the Catholic Worke"
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PublicAffairs
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2001-03-08
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The "definitive" (Los Angeles Times), award-winning history of Cambodia and Pol Pot's rise to power, tracing the country's modern origins to the human rights abuses that reshaped it forever Award-winning journalist Elizabeth Becker started...
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PublicAffairs
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1998-11-10
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BL With a new preface by the authors
This is an important work of original scholarship by two of the most distinguished East European economists now working in the West. The authors, both of whom were involved in the Planning Office of the Polish economy in the 1950s...
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Clarendon Press
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1989-11-23
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Over the five years following the Russian revolution of 1917 there occurred a brilliant outburst of theory and criticism among Russian intellectuals struggling to comprehend their country's vast social upheaval. Much of their intense speculation focused on issues that...
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Oxford University Press
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1989-01-12
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In this highly original study, Roman Szporluk examines the relationship between the two dominant ideologies of the 19th century--communism and nationalism--and their enduring legacy in the 20th century. Szporluk argues that both Karl Marx's theory of communism and...
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Oxford University Press
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1988-04-28
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From the foreward -- Every citizen has a duty to learn more about the menace that threatens his future, his home, his children, the peace of the world - and that is why I have written this book. Communism is more than an economic, political, social, or philosophical...
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Rare Treasure Editions
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2025-12-12
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"Hegel says somewhere that that great historic facts and personages recur twice. He forgot to add: "Once as tragedy, and again as farce."
With this famous opening line, Karl Marx launches into one of the most brilliant and biting works of political analysis ever...
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Cactus
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2025-11-25
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Your Boss Says You Can't Have a Raise. This Pamphlet IsYour Answer.
What if your struggle for a higher wage wasn't just a simple request, but a fundamental challenge to the entire economic system? This is the powerful and practical argument at the heart of Karl Marx's...
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Cactus
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2025-11-25
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Scritto nel 1916 nel pieno della carneficina della Prima Guerra Mondiale, Imperialismo fase suprema del capitalismo è un classico della teoria politica che squarcia il velo sulle logiche profonde del potere globale. Lenin, con rigore e lucidità, dimostra come il...
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Cactus
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2025-10-29
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