Henry Bell

Red Threads

A History of the People's Flag

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From its origins in the hands of Atlantic pirates and French kings, this magisterial history follows the Red Flag through the centuries

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pluto Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2024
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780745347691
• ISBN-10: 074534769X
• Artikelnr.: 70234278

Autorenporträt

Henry Bell is a historian and award-winning poet based in Glasgow. He is the author of John Maclean: Hero of Red Clydeside, described as 'compelling and brilliantly written' by Jackie Kay, Scottish Poet Laureate. He brings people's history to life through running Radical Glasgow Tours, and is a committee member of the Red Sunday School, a socialist school for young people. He has written for National Geographic, Open Democracy and Bella Caledonia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Signal of the Emergency
1. War
2. Defiance
3. Revolution
4. The International
5. The Commune
6. Workers
7. Peace
8. Utopia
9. Tyranny
10. The Dispossessed
11. Subversion
12. Peasants
13. Chinese Characteristics
14. The Present
15. The Future
Acknowledgements
Notes
Index