| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 219 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-211) and index. |
| Contents |
Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Early Communism and Utopianism; 2 Utopianism in the Renaissance and Enlightenment; 3 Utopian Socialism in the Nineteenth Century; 4 Utopianism and Dystopian Literature in the Twentieth Century; 5 Marx and Engels The Early Years; 6 Marxian Economics; 7 Marx and Engels The Later Years; 8 Marxism Leninism and the Rise of the Soviet Union; 9 Stalinism; 10 Destalinization and the Fall of the Soviet Union; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Explores the very beginnings of communist thought and practice in utopian socialism and early communist communes thousands of years before the words "socialism" and "communism" were even coined. The author also explains Marxian philosophy and economics, and the ideas of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Communism -- History.
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Communism. |
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History. |
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Utopian socialism -- History.
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Utopian socialism. |
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Communism -- Soviet Union -- History.
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Soviet Union. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Title |
From utopian socialism to the fall of the Soviet Union |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Busky, Donald F., 1951- Communism in history and theory. From Utopian socialism to the fall of the Soviet Union. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002 027597748X (DLC) 2002022476 (OCoLC)49225811 |
| ISBN |
0313012571 (electronic book) |
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9780313012570 (electronic book) |
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