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How to make a revolution: the historical and political writings of Raymond Postgate

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I came across the work Raymond Postgate (1896-1971) because he wrote about the kinds of things I am interested in: labour history, the history of the left, revolutions, and Ireland. What I found particularly attractive, however, was his writing style. Postgate was a skilled journalist and editor. He knew how to grab the reader. This is evident in the large survey history he wrote with GDH Cole in 1938, The Common People. The first pages of this book, in which Postgate depicts the final destr...

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Accepted
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
History Faculty
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Lawrence and Wishart Publisher's website
Journal:
Socialist History Journal Journal website
Volume:
49
Acceptance date:
2016-02-02
Pubs id:
pubs:602506
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uuid:88f6a7a5-6fc3-4a96-b54c-115eeec2fe98
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pubs:602506
Source identifiers:
602506
Deposit date:
2016-02-15

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