Party People Communist Lives

Explorations in Biography

By: John McIlroy (Editor), Kevin Morgan (Editor), Alan Campbell (Editor)

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Paperback | 1 October 2001

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As a result of research in the previously closed archives in Moscow, this collection of biographical essays depicts the lives of British revolutionaries and a group of British Communists in the beginning of the 20th century. The biographies include daredevil female Communists, hardy trade union leaders, and an odd sexual outlaw, as well as the traditional lawyers, poets, and critics. Through the diverse and pioneering lives of these individuals and the editors' essays on the importance of biography to history (and specifically Communist history), this collection illustrates the complexities of the European left.

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Non-Fiction History Regional & National History European History British & Irish History Earliest Times to Present Day 20th Century History from 1900 to 2000 Politics & Government Political Ideologies & Movements Far-Left Political Ideologies & Movements Biographies & True Stories Biographies

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Preface	p. 5
List of Abbreviations	p. 8
Parts of People and Communist Lives	p. 9
Dora Montefiore: A Different Communist	p. 29
The Young Manhood of Arthur Reade	p. 51
William Rust: The Comintern's Blue-Eyed Boy?	p. 78
Shoulder to Shoulder: Rose Smith, Who Stood for 'Different but Equal and United'	p. 102
Horner and Hornerism	p. 122
Miner Heroes: Three Communist Trade Union Leaders	p. 143
The Young Men Are Moving Together: The Case of Randall Swingler	p. 169
From 'Insufferable Petty Bourgeois' to Trusted Communist: Jack Gaster, the Revolutionary Policy Committee and the Communist Party	p. 190
Visitors and Victims: British Communists in Russia Between the Wars	p. 210
Afterword: Living History	p. 231
Who's Who	p. 240
Notes on Contributors	p. 248
Index	p. 249
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