Willie Thompson
Author of Postmodernism and History (Theory and History)
About the Author
Willie Thompson is a former Professor of Contemporary History at Glasgow Caledonian University. His books include What Happened to History? (2000) and Ideologies in the Age of Extremes (2011).
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Works by Willie Thompson
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- Gender
- male
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- Works
- 22
- Members
- 83
- Popularity
- #218,811
- Rating
- 3.4
- Reviews
- 4
- ISBNs
- 43
- Languages
- 2
This third issue of the Socialist History series continues the themes explored in issue two - what was communism? As with the previous issue, the articles and reviews relating to it focus on the history of communisum in Britain and the international dimensions of the movement. There is an exploration of the evolution of communism during the 1920s and the 1930s as well as an examination of the fall of the German Democratic Republic. Also included in this issue are reviews of new books on the Bolsheviks and British Jews, an obituary of George Rude and a profile of Edward Gibbon by Willie Thompson.… (more)