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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Dictionaries History Dictionnaires anglais |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Lamb, Peter. Historical dictionary of socialism. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2006 (DLC) 2006012818 (OCoLC)67375079 |
Material Type: | Biography, Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter Lamb; J C Docherty |
ISBN: | 9780810864771 0810864770 |
OCLC Number: | 299166800 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xlii, 456 pages) |
Contents: | Part 1 Editor's Foreword Part 2 Preface Part 3 Acronyms and Abbreviations Part 4 Chronology Part 5 Introduction Part 6 THE DICTIONARY Part 7 Glossary of Terms Part 8 Bibliography Part 9 About the Authors |
Series Title: | Historical dictionaries of religions, philosophies, and movements, no. 73. |
Responsibility: | Peter Lamb, James C. Docherty. |
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Peter Lamb and James C. Docherty have done us proud, wife a reference work of wide utility. Recommended to libraries at all levels. * "American Reference Books Annual" * This title is a much-needed addition to the small world of reference works on socialism and related movements....Recommended for public and academic libraries. * Library Journal * Together, the approximately 440 entries found in this historical dictionary are intended to serve as a general guide to the subject, tracing the evolution and diversification of socialism from the early 19th century to the early 21st. Primarily concerned with politics (thus leaving any deeper examination of industrial relations to the complementary Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor), it provides information on writers, activists, ideas, political parties, institutions, and movements important to the history of socialism. Also included are an introductory overview, a chronology, a glossary of terms, and a bibliography. * Reference and Research Book News * Read more...

