COMMUNISM IN BRITAIN, 1920–39: FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE

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Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Dedication

Preface and acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

PART I: The communist life cycle: the early years

1. In the home: communist mothercraft and childrearing

2. Into the Party structure: the communist children’s movement

3. A bright and purposeful life: youth and the Young Communist League

PART II: The communist life cycle: adulthood

4. A single communist personality? Communist couples and red families

5. Being in a familiar place: the life of the adult activist

PART III: The communist life cycle: shaping communists

6. Tending the communist body: the quest for physical fitness

7. Communist lifestyle: fostering correct habits, good behaviour and right ways of living

8. Communists at play

9. Culture from below: a culture for proletarians

PART IV: The communist life cycle: end of the cycle

10. In memoriam

Afterword

Select bibliography

Index