A Dictionary of 20th-Century Communism

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-691-15429-9
Verlag: Princeton University Press

Buch, Englisch, 960 Seiten, Format (B × H): 197 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 1776 g

The first book of its kind to appear since the end of the Cold War, this indispensable reference provides encyclopedic coverage of communism and its impact throughout the world in the 20th century. With the opening of archives in former communist states, scholars have found new material that has expanded and sometimes altered the understanding of communism as an ideological and political force. A Dictionary of 20th-Century Communism brings this scholarship to students, teachers, and scholars in related fields. In more than 400 concise entries, the book explains what communism was, the forms it took, and the enormous role it played in world history from the Russian Revolution through the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond.Examines the political, intellectual, and social influences of communism around the globe Features contributions from an international team of 160 scholars Includes more than 400 entries on major topics, such as:
Figures: Lenin, Mao, Stalin, Ho Chi Minh, Pol Pot, Castro, Gorbachev Events: Cold War, Prague Spring, Cultural Revolution, Sandinista Revolution Ideas and concepts: Marxism-Leninism, cult of personality, labor Organizations and movements: KGB, Comintern, Gulag, Khmer Rouge Related topics: totalitarianism, nationalism, antifascism, anticommunism, McCarthyismGuides readers to further research through bibliographies, cross-references, and an index

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pons, Silvio

Service, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction vii

Acknowledgments xiii

List of Entries xv

List of Contributors xxvii

Acronyms and Abbreviations xxxiii

Entries 1

Index 895

Über Autor(innen)

Service, Robert
Robert Service teaches Russian history at the University of Oxford. He is the author of "Comrades! A History of World Communism" and" A History of Twentieth-Century Russia", as well as biographies of Lenin, Stalin, and Trotsky.

Pons, Silvio
Silvio Pons is professor of eastern European history at the University of Rome Tor Vergata and director of the Gramsci Institute Foundation in Rome. His books include "The Soviet Union and Europe in the Cold War, 1943-1953" and "Stalin and the Inevitable War, 1936-1941".

Silvio Pons is professor of eastern European history at the University of Rome Tor Vergata and director of the Gramsci Institute Foundation in Rome. His books include "The Soviet Union and Europe in the Cold War, 1943-1953" and "Stalin and the Inevitable War, 1936-1941". Robert Service teaches Russian history at the University of Oxford. He is the author of "Comrades! A History of World Communism" and" A History of Twentieth-Century Russia", as well as biographies of Lenin, Stalin, and Trotsky.