In this volume, Dave Cope provides an exhaustive list of materials published by, and in relation to, the Communist Party of Great Britain. No attempt has been made previously to create such a comprehensive listing for any left-wing organisation in Britain.The extensive introduction offers an entry point to the reference text that follows; among other areas Cope explores how written material on and by the CPGB was distributed, describing its heritage, and offers the first overview of the artists and designers who worked on this material. Andy Croft discusses the representations in fiction of imaginary and real CP members; Bert Hogenkamp lists documentary films featuring the CP and discusses the film companies behind them; and Kevin Morgan discusses past and current approaches to the history of the CPGB.Many of the entries in the bibliography are annotated, especially those concerning lesser known activists. This new book replaces an earlier online version of the bibliography from 2008. It contains many more entries, as well as some corrections and more annotations.
Often drawing out previously lost or unacknowledged materials, as well as providing the fullest list of materials to date, this bibliography represents an essential reference volume for any research on the Communist Party in Britain and it sheds new light on the political and cultural life of the left in Britain in the twentieth century.
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Dave Cope was born into a Communist family. Having joined the CP in 1971, he became manager of Progressive Books in Liverpool in 1975, and moved to Central Books in London in 1987. He remained in the CP until its demise in 1991, joining Democratic Left and then later the Labour Party. He left London for Kendal in 2004 to work full-time on his second-hand book business, Left on the Shelf, specialising in socialist material. He has previously written Central Books: A Brief History, 1939 to 1999 and a chapter in Andy Croft (ed.) After the Party: Reflections on Life Since the CPGB (Lawrence & Wishart, 2012).
IntroductionGeneral IntroductionThe Communist Party in Fiction, Andy CroftCommunist Party Films, Bert HogenkampArtists and the Communist PartyHistoriography of the CPGB, Kevin MorganSources and locationsBibliographies and reference worksInternet sitesAssociated PublishersDiscographySome foreign language materialAbbreviationsChapter 1: National publicationsChapter 2: Local publicationsChapter 3: National magazines Chapter 4: Local magazinesChapter 5: Our historyChapter 6: YCL publicationsChapter 7: YCL magazinesChapter 8: StudentsChapter 9: Daily Worker/Morning StarChapter 10: Modern booksChapter 11: About the CP - Books and pamphletsChapter 12: About the CP - Magazine articlesChapter 13: Unpublished memoirsChapter 14: ThesesIndexes