The rise and fall of communism / (Record no. 35846)
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| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 091110s2009 nyuabf b 001 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780061138799 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0061138797 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | BTCTA |
| Transcribing agency | BTCTA |
| Modifying agency | YDXCP |
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| -- | WIM |
| -- | BUR |
| -- | SGB |
| -- | WAU |
| -- | OCLCQ |
| -- | DLC |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE | |
| Authentication code | lccopycat |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | HX 36 |
| Item number | .B76 2009 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 320.53/2 |
| Edition information | 22 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Brown, Archie, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1938- |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The rise and fall of communism / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Archie Brown. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st U.S. ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Ecco, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | c2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xv, 720 p., [16] p. of plates : |
| Other physical details | ill., maps ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [623]-688) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Pt. 1. Origins and development. The idea of communism ; Communism and socialism : the early years ; The Russian revolutions and civil war ; 'Building socialism' : Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917-40 ; International communism between the two world wars ; What do we mean by a communist system? -- Pt. 2. Communism ascendant. The appeals of communism ; Communism and the Second World War ; The communist takeovers in Europe : indigenous paths ; The communist takeovers in Europe : Soviet impositions ; The communists take power in China ; Post-war Stalinism and the break with Yugoslavia -- Pt. 3. Surviving without Stalin. Khrushchev and the Twentieth Party Congress ; Zig-zags on the road to 'communism' ; Revisionism and revolution in Eastern Europe ; Cuba : a Caribbean communist state ; China : from the 'Hundred Flowers' to 'Cultural Revolution' ; Communism in Asia and Africa ; The 'Prague Spring' ; 'The era of stagnation' : the Soviet Union under Brezhnev -- Pt. 4. Pluralizing pressures. The challenge from Poland : John Paul II, Lech Wałesa, and the rise of solidarity ; Reform in China : Deng Xiaoping and after ; The challenge of the West -- Pt. 5. Interpreting the fall of communism. Gorbachev, Perestroika, and the attempt to reform communism, 1985-87 ; The dismantling of Soviet communism, 1988-89 ; The end of communism in Europe ; The break-up of the Soviet state ; Why did communism last so long? ; What caused the collapse of communism? ; What's left of communism? |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Traces the origins of the communist ideology through its collapse in many nations following Perestroika, in an extensively researched volume that also explores communism's current incarnations. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | The Rise and Fall of Communism explores how and why Communists came to power; how they were able, in a variety of countries on different continents, to hold on to power for so long; and what brought about the downfall of so many Communist systems.--From publisher description. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Communism |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Contributor biographical information |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1002/2009279195-b.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1002/2009279195-b.html</a> |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Publisher description |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1002/2009279195-d.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1002/2009279195-d.html</a> |
| 900 ## - EQUIVALENCE OR CROSS-REFERENCE-PERSONAL NAME [LOCAL, CANADA] | |
| Relator term | IBS-WFK |
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| 900 ## - EQUIVALENCE OR CROSS-REFERENCE-PERSONAL NAME [LOCAL, CANADA] | |
| Numeration | Local (Indian) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| -- | IBS |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Date last seen | Total checkouts | Full call number | Price effective from | Koha item type | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Withdrawn status | Home library | Current library | Date acquired |
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| 03/06/2026 | HX 36 .B76 2009 | 03/06/2026 | Books | Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan Institute of Behavioral Sciences | Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan Institute of Behavioral Sciences | 03/06/2026 |