The Literate Communist: 150 Years of the Communist Manifesto

by Donald C. Hodges

The Literate Communist sheds new light on the modern world's most consequential political tract. Professor Hodges' thesis is that the Communist Manifesto is not what it claims to be - a forthright and faithful expression of what communists believed in 1848 - and that its subsequent adaptations periodically opened the door to and slammed the door shut on communism. Part I introduces students to the Manifesto's conspiratorial legacy stemming...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820441872
• ISBN13: 9780820441870
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.