| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 415 pages) : tables |
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Princeton Legacy Library |
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Princeton legacy library.
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| Contents |
PART 1: The Structure of Communist Communication -- The Communist Militant: Ends and Means -- The Power-oriented Tactician -- Esoteric and Exoteric Communication -- PART 2: How the Movement is Perceived and Experienced -- The Perception of Goals and Theory -- The Perception of Tactical Aspects -- Doctrine and Practice -- PART 3: Social and Psychological Characteristics -- Social Characteristics -- Political Characteristics -- Susceptibility to Communism -- Types of Neurotic Susceptibility -- PART 4: The Process of Defection -- Types and Patterns of Dissatisfaction -- Defection and Readjustment |
| Summary |
This study, based on an extensive program of interviewing former American, British, French, and Italian Communists, provides many answers to these questions and gives a convincing insight into the motivations, tensions, and loyalties of Party members. First, the book examines Communist literature (the Lenin and Stalin classics and current Party media) to see what the Communists themselves expect of their movement. Then it shows whether this ideal is realized by the people who have "been through it." The final sections, which follow the interviews closely, reveal what actually happens to people when they join, while they are in the Party, and after they leave. Originally published in 2050. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Communism -- History.
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Communist parties.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Communism & Socialism.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism.
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Communism
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Communist parties
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Kommunismus
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781400876747 |
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1400876745 |
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069162433X |
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9780691624334 |
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9780691025001 |
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0691025002 |
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0691650934 |
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9780691650937 |
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0691087008 |
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9780691087009 |
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