The Lost World of British Communism is a vivid account of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Raphael Samuel, one of post-war Britain’s most notable historians, draws on novels of the period and childhood recollections of London’s East End, as well as memoirs and Party archives, to evoke the world of British Communism in the 1940s. Samuel conjures up the era when the movement was at the height of its political and theoretical power, brilliantly bringing to life an age in which the Communist Party enjoyed huge prestige as a bulwark for the struggles against fascism and colonialism.

Product Description: First published in 1985, this book examines how workers theatre movements intended their performances to be activist ― perceiving art as a weapon of struggle and enlightenment ― and an emancipatory act. An introductory study relates left-wing theatre groupings to the cultural narratives of contemporary British socialism...read more

Anthology of writings inspired by the ideas generated by Eric Hobsbawm, in particular, a unifying preoccupation with the symbolic order and its relationship to a political and religious belief.

Product Description: When Theatres of Memory was first published in 1994, it transformed the debate about what is to be considered history and questioned the role of “heritage” that lies at the heart of every Western nation’s obsession with the past...read more

Product Description: Island Stories is an engrossing journey of discovery into the multiple meanings of national myths, their anchorage in daily life and their common sense of a people’s destiny. Raphael Samuel reveals the palimpsest of British National Histories, offering a searching yet affectionate account of the heroes and villains, legends and foibles, cherished by the “four nations” that inhabit the British Isles...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: An exploration of the changing notions of patriotism in British life. Covering aspects from the 13th century to the present, it attempts to come to terms with the power of the national idea through an historically informed critique.

Product Description: Explores the changing notion of patriotism in British life from the thirteenth century to the present day in an attempt to come to terms with the power of the national idea. This book should be of interest to students and lecturers in British history and cultural studies.

Product Description: Explores the changing notions of patriotism in British life from the thirteenth century to the present day in an attempt to come to terms with the power of the national idea. This book should be of interest to students and lecturers in British history and cultural studies.