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Hardcover:

9780745333410 | Pluto Pr, April 15, 2015, cover price $99.00

Paperback:

9780745333403 | Pluto Pr, April 15, 2015, cover price $29.00

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Product Description: This unique collaboration, between a Marxist historian and behaviourist psychologist, is a vivid picture of the cultural milieu they experienced at Aberdeen University, and of social forces often overlooked in histories of the time: Scientific Humanism, The New Left, and precursors of the Women s Liberation Movement...read more

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9781443828581 | Cambridge Scholars Pub, May 1, 2011, cover price $58.95 | About this edition: This unique collaboration, between a Marxist historian and behaviourist psychologist, is a vivid picture of the cultural milieu they experienced at Aberdeen University, and of social forces often overlooked in histories of the time: Scientific Humanism, The New Left, and precursors of the Women s Liberation Movement.

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Product Description: This is a history of political ideologies during the period famously described by Eric Hobsbawn as ‘The Age of Extremes’ - from the First World War to the collapse of the Soviet Union.Ideologies in the Age of Extremes introduces the key ideologies of the age; liberalism, conservatism, communism and fascism...read more

Hardcover:

9780745327129 | Pluto Pr, February 15, 2011, cover price $110.00 | About this edition: This is a history of political ideologies during the period famously described by Eric Hobsbawn as ‘The Age of Extremes’ - from the First World War to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Paperback:

9780745327112 | Pluto Pr, January 4, 2011, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: This is a history of political ideologies during the period famously described by Eric Hobsbawn as ‘The Age of Extremes’ - from the First World War to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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Product Description: Willie Thompson offers a clear, jargon-free introduction to postmodernist theory and its significant impact on the study of history. This is a hotly-debated topic, and much of the literature is both polemical and inaccessible to the novice...read more

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9780333963395 | Palgrave Macmillan, June 12, 2004, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Willie Thompson offers a clear, jargon-free introduction to postmodernist theory and its significant impact on the study of history.
9780333963388 | Palgrave Macmillan, April 1, 2004, cover price $22.01 | About this edition: Willie Thompson offers a clear, jargon-free introduction to postmodernist theory and its significant impact on the study of history.

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Product Description: Presented here is an overview of the recent scholarship on the sub- and counter-culture aspects of the Communist movement. The articles cover Britain, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, and Finland, spanning the entire history of Communism, from the 1920s to the 1980s...read more
By Kevin Morgan (editor), David Parker (editor), Willie Thompson (editor), Mike Waite (editor) and Stephen Woodhams (editor)

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9781854891419 | Rivers Oram Pr, February 1, 2004, cover price $17.50 | About this edition: Presented here is an overview of the recent scholarship on the sub- and counter-culture aspects of the Communist movement.

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Product Description: This original study explores the development of the postmodern turn in history, brought on by the social, political and cultural changes of the 1970s and 1980s. Challenging notions of certainty and objectivity, postmodernism has questioned traditional models and methods in studying history...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780745312682 | Pluto Pr, January 1, 2001, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: This original study explores the development of the postmodern turn in history, brought on by the social, political and cultural changes of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Product Description: This original study explores the development of the postmodern turn in history, brought on by the social, political and cultural changes of the 1970s and 1980s. Challenging notions of certainty and objectivity, postmodernism has questioned traditional models and methods in studying history...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780745312637 | Pluto Pr, December 1, 2000, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: This original study explores the development of the postmodern turn in history, brought on by the social, political and cultural changes of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Product Description: In this clear and concise reassessment of British imperialism, Willie Thompson examines the underlying social, economic and political forces that facilitated expansion during the key period of 1870–1914. Relating colonial expansion to both domestic politics and international relations, Professor Thompson identifies the shifts in world economic and political relationships, especially the challenge from an emergent German Reich, as the driving forces behind the fresh burst of expansionist energy during the period...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Hardcover:

9780745312408 | Pluto Pr, January 1, 2000, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: In this clear and concise reassessment of British imperialism, Willie Thompson examines the underlying social, economic and political forces that facilitated expansion during the key period of 1870–1914.

Paperback:

9780745312354 | Pluto Pr, January 1, 2000, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: In this clear and concise reassessment of British imperialism, Willie Thompson examines the underlying social, economic and political forces that facilitated expansion during the key period of 1870–1914.

By Willie Thompson (editor)

Hardcover:

9781854891167 | New York Univ Pr, November 1, 1999, cover price $40.00

Paperback:

9781854891174 | Rivers Oram Pr, November 1, 1999, cover price $16.95

By Willie Thompson (editor)

Hardcover:

9781854891143 | New York Univ Pr, September 1, 1999, cover price $40.00

Paperback:

9781854891150 | Rivers Oram Pr, September 1, 1999, cover price $16.95

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By David Morgan (editor), David Parker (editor), Willie Thompson (editor), Mike Waite (editor) and Heather Williams (editor)

Paperback:

9781854891075 | Rivers Oram Pr, April 1, 1999, cover price $16.95

By David Morgan (editor), David Parker (editor), Willie Thompson (editor), Mike Waite (editor) and Heather Williams (editor)

Hardcover:

9781854891068 | Rivers Oram Pr, April 1, 1999, cover price $40.00
9781854891082 | Rivers Oram Pr, April 1, 1999, cover price $40.00

Hardcover:

9780631199694 | Blackwell Pub, January 9, 1998, cover price $148.95

Paperback:

9780631199717 | Blackwell Pub, January 9, 1998, cover price $52.95

Product Description: This new edition of Socialist History will build on the Journal's growing following in the US. In particular, it includes an important article by Professor Fred Halliday from the London School of Economics.
By Willie Thompson (editor)

Hardcover:

9780745312460 | Pluto Pr, December 1, 1997, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: This new edition of Socialist History will build on the Journal's growing following in the US.

Paperback:

9780745312415 | Pluto Pr, August 1, 1997, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: This new edition of Socialist History will build on the Journal's growing following in the US.

Product Description: In this issue of "Socialist History", Tom Nairn examines the implications for Scotland and the rest of the UK of a devolved Scottish parliament in the light of proposals by the Labour government for a referendum. David Parker analyzes the functioning and legacy of the Communist Party Historians' Group, and Jo Stanley discusses her own reactions to organizing the archive of the Party...read more
By Willie Thompson (editor)

Paperback:

9780745312675 | Pluto Pr, November 1, 1997, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: In this issue of "Socialist History", Tom Nairn examines the implications for Scotland and the rest of the UK of a devolved Scottish parliament in the light of proposals by the Labour government for a referendum.

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Hardcover:

9780745308920 | Pluto Pr, July 1, 1997, cover price $104.00

Paperback:

9780745308913 | Pluto Pr, March 1, 1997, cover price $38.00

Product Description: This issue of Socialist History is concerned with historical revision, mainly in the area of labour movement historiography
By David Morgan (editor), David Parker (editor), Willie Thompson (editor) and Mike Waite (editor)

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9780745308142 | Pluto Pr, January 1, 1997, cover price $12.50 | About this edition: This issue of Socialist History is concerned with historical revision, mainly in the area of labour movement historiography

Product Description: Analyses the contributions of E P Thompson and Raymond Williams to historical knowledge and its importance for current discussions around postmodernism and the scientific status of historiography.
By David Morgan (editor), David Parker (editor), Willie Thompson (editor) and Mike Waite (editor)

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9780745308128 | Pluto Pr, December 1, 1996, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Analyses the contributions of E P Thompson and Raymond Williams to historical knowledge and its importance for current discussions around postmodernism and the scientific status of historiography.

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Product Description: Explores the history of labour movements in Europe. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
By Willie Thompson (editor)

Paperback:

9780745308135 | Pluto Pr, September 1, 1996, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Explores the history of labour movements in Europe.

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Product Description: This book celebrates the centennial anniversary of Public Services International.
By David Morgan (editor), David Parker (editor), Willie Thompson (editor) and Mike Waite (editor)

Paperback:

9780745310619 | Pluto Pr, September 1, 1995, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: This book celebrates the centennial anniversary of Public Services International.

Product Description: New
By Willie Thompson (editor)

Paperback:

9780745308104 | Pluto Pr, December 1, 1994, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: New

Product Description: The author argues that the hierarchical and disciplined structure of organizations within the British labour movement prevented it from ever becoming a real threat to the Establishment. He suggests it was its willingness to accommodate the status quo that led to its slow decline...read more

Hardcover:

9780745305806 | Pluto Pr, October 1, 1993, cover price $64.00 | About this edition: The author argues that the hierarchical and disciplined structure of organizations within the British labour movement prevented it from ever becoming a real threat to the Establishment.

Paperback:

9780745305813 | Pluto Pr, November 1, 1993, cover price $21.50 | About this edition: The author argues that the hierarchical and disciplined structure of organizations within the British labour movement prevented it from ever becoming a real threat to the Establishment.

Product Description: Willie Thompson, a longstanding Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) member and activist, has written this book to show the history of the Communist Party, from its formation to its present crisis of identity. The character and methods of the Party are explored in detail, from the Russian Revolution through the "popular front" of the 1930s, the heyday of the war period to Socialism to the crisis of 1956, disintegration, loss of industrial base and near collapse in the 1970s and 1980s...read more

Hardcover:

9780745305783 | Pluto Pr, May 1, 1992, cover price $64.00 | About this edition: This book examines the new framework of ideas (since 1989) which will inform our understanding on how development in the old Third World should be understood

Paperback:

9780745305790, titled "The Good Old Cause: British Communism 1920-1991" | Pluto Pr, February 1, 1993, cover price $21.50 | About this edition: Willie Thompson, a longstanding Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) member and activist, has written this book to show the history of the Communist Party, from its formation to its present crisis of identity.

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