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UNINA9910778283203321 |
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Klehr Harvey |
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The secret world of American communism / / Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes, and Fridrikh Igorevich Firsov; Russian documents translated by Timothy D. Sergay |
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New Haven : , : Yale University Press, , 1995 |
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1-281-73526-4 |
9786611735265 |
0-300-13783-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (381 pages) |
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HaynesJohn Earl |
FirsovFridrikh Igorevich |
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Communism - United States - History |
United States History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-339) and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- List of Documents Reproduced in Facsimile -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on the Documents -- Glossary of Individuals and Organizations -- Chronology of American Communism -- CHAPTER ONE. Background -- CHAPTER TWO. Clandestine Habits: The 1920's and the Early 1930's -- CHAPTER THREE .The Secret Apparatus of the CPUSA: The Early Years -- CHAPTER FOUR .The Secret Apparatus Branches Out -- CHAPTER FIVE. Other Faces of the Secret World -- CHAPTER SIX. The American Communist Party, the Secret Apparatus, and the NKVD -- CHAPTER SEVEN The American Communist Underground Fights World War I1 -- CHAPTER EIGHT Soviet Intelligence and American Communists, 1942-1945 -- CHAPTER NINE. Conclusion -- APPENDIX A .The Archival Record -- APPENDIX B Organization of the American Communist Party -- Selected Readings -- Index |
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For the first time, the hidden world of American communism can be examined with the help of documents from the recently opened archives of the former Soviet Union. By interweaving narrative and documents, the authors of this book present a convincing new picture |
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of the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), one of the most controversial organizations in American public life. Heated debates about whether the Communist Party harbored spies or engaged in espionage have surrounded the party from its inception. This authoritative book provides proof that the CPUSA was involved in various subversive activities. At the same time, it discloses fascinating details about the workings of the party and about the ordinary Americans and CPUSA leaders who participated in its clandestine activities. The documents presented range from letters by Americans wishing to do international covert work for the Soviet Union to top secret memos between the head of Soviet foreign intelligence, the Comintern, and the CPUSA. They confirm that--the Soviet Union heavily subsidized the CPUSA and that some prominent Americans laundered money for the Comintern;--the CPUSA maintained a covert espionage apparatus in the United States with direct ties to Soviet intelligence;--the testimony of former Communists concerning underground Communist activity in the United States can be substantiated;--American Communists working in government agencies stole documents and passed them to the CPUSA, which sent them on to Moscow;--the CPUSA played a role in atomic espionage; and much more. An engrossing narrative places the documents in their historical context and explains key figures, organizations, and events. Together the narrative and documents provide a revealing picture of American communism and convey the contradictory passions that drew so many Americans into the Communist movement and eventually tore that movement apart. |
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UNINA9910778027303321 |
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Ross Andrew <1956-> |
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Nice work if you can get it [[electronic resource] ] : life and labor in precarious times / / Andrew Ross |
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New York, : New York University Press, c2009 |
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0-8147-7739-2 |
0-8147-7635-3 |
1-4416-1568-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (273 p.) |
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NYU series in social and cultural analysis |
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Employment in foreign countries |
Foreign workers |
Globalization |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-243) and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Mercurial Career of Creative Industries Policymaking in the United Kingdom, the European Union, and the United States -- 2 China’s Next Cultural Revolution? -- 3 The Olympic Goose That Lays the Golden Egg -- 4 Teamsters, Turtles, and Tainted Toys -- 5 Learning from San Ysidro -- 6 The Copyfight over Intellectual Property -- 7 The Rise of the Global University -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author |
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2009 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleIs job insecurity the new norm? With fewer and fewer people working in steady, long-term positions for one employer, has the dream of a secure job with full benefits and a decent salary become just that—a dream?In Nice Work If You Can Get It, Andrew Ross surveys the new topography of the global workplace and finds an emerging pattern of labor instability and uneven development on a massive scale. Combining detailed case studies with lucid analysis and graphic prose, he looks at what the new landscape of contingent employment means for workers across national, class, and racial lines—from the emerging “creative class” of high-wage professionals to the multitudes of temporary, migrant, or |
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low-wage workers. Developing the idea of “precarious livelihoods” to describe this new world of work and life, Ross explores what it means in developed nations—comparing the creative industry policies of the United States, United Kingdom, and European Union, as well as developing countries—by examining the quickfire transformation of China’s labor market. He also responds to the challenge of sustainability, assessing the promise of “green jobs” through restorative alliances between labor advocates and environmentalists.Ross argues that regardless of one’s views on labor rights, globalization, and quality of life, this new precarious and “indefinite life,&” and the pitfalls and opportunities that accompany it is likely here to stay and must be addressed in a systematic way. A more equitable kind of knowledge society emerges in these pages—less skewed toward flexploitation and the speculative beneficiaries of intellectual property, and more in tune with ideals and practices that are fair, just, and renewable. |
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