Chronology Who's Who Glossary Maps PART ONE: ANALYSIS 1. A Short Introduction 1.1: What is Communism? 1.2: Communism: The Early Years 2. The Rise of "Modern" Communism 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The Emergence of Communism and Socialism after 1789 2.3 1848: Revolution and the Communist Manifesto 2.

4 Marx and Engels on socialism and communism 2.5 The Evolution of the Communist Movement 1850 - 1915 2.6 Conclusion: Communism Before Power 3. Communism in the USSR: The Early Years 1917-53 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The Bolshevik Understanding of Communism 3.3 Exporting Communism: Comintern and the Third International 3.4 Building Communism: Politics, Economics, Society in the USSR 1917 - 53 3.

5 Conclusion 4. The Rise of Global Communism 1945 - 82 4.1 Introduction 4.2 "Communisms" in Eastern Europe 4.3 Red Star in The East: China 4.4 Communism in Asia: Nationalism, Communism and Anti-colonialism 4.5 Cuba and Latin America 4.6 Africa 4.

7 Communism in the Developed World 4.8 Conclusion: Communism Across the Globe 1945 - 1982 5. Living Under/With/For Communism 5.1 Ideology/Reality Gap 5.2 Material Life 5.3Work 5.4 Housing 5.5 Health 5.

6 Fertility and Contraception 5.7 Consumption 5.8 Equality and Inequality 5.9 Education, Upbringing, Spirituality 5.10 Harmony? 5.11 Living between dissent and support: the conditional loyalty of communist citizens 6. The Decline and Fall Communism 6.1 Introduction 6.

2 The Crisis of Faith 1953-91 6.3 The Crisis of the Communist System 1953 - 1991 6.4 The End is Nigh! 6.5 Conclusion 7. Conclusion 7.1 Reflection One: Why did communism fall/collapse/was overthrown? Mind the Gap! 7.2 Reflection Two: How will history judge communism? 7.3 Reflection Three: The Future of Communism? PART TWO: Documents Further Reading References.