Bibliography of the Communist Party of Great Britain

The bibliography is an invaluable resource for historians of the British left and the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB). It provides an exhaustive list of materials published by, and in relation to, the CPGB. The extensive introduction offers an entry point to the reference text that follows: Cope explores how written material on and by the CPGB was distributed, describing its heritage, and offers the first overview of the artists and designers who worked on this material. Andy Croft discusses the representations in fiction of imaginary and real CP members; Bert Hogenkamp lists documentary films featuring the CP and discusses the film companies behind them; and Kevin Morgan discusses past and current approaches to the history of the CPGB. Many of the entries in the bibliography are annotated, especially those concerning lesser known activists. Drawing out previously lost or unacknowledged materials, as well as providing the fullest list of materials to date, this bibliography represents an essential reference volume for any research on the Communist Party in Britain and it sheds new light on the political and cultural life of the left in Britain in the twentieth century.