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020 _a9780199551545 (pbk.) :
_c11.95 USD / 7.99 GBP
100 1 _aHOLMES Leslie
245 _aCommunism :
_ba very short introduction /
_cLeslie Holmes.
260 _aOxford ; New York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2009.
300 _axvi, 155 pages : ill. ; 18 cm.
440 _aVery short introductions ; 209
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"This Very Short Introduction considers the theory of communism from Marx's time to its practice in the Bolshevik Revolution, and its collapse in 1989-91. It also examines how Communism operates in practice - politically, economically, and socially. Leslie Holmes reveals Communism's inner dynamics, and examines its contrasts and contradictions.
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