The Appeals of Communism
by Gabriel A. Almond
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1956 Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. 1956. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light bumping to tail; light soiling to textblock top; small piece of upper tip on pages i and iii has been clipped. DJ: Very Good; Price Clipped; chipping to head and tail; light wear at tips. Black cloth boards and spine with white and yellow lettering on the spine. 415 pp 8vo. This study, based on an extensive program of interviewing former American, British, French and Italian Communists, provides the answers as to why people would join the CP and what happens when they join, and why do the leave. This book gives a convincing insight into the motivations, tensions, and loyalties of party members. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013308
- Title
- The Appeals of Communism
- Author
- Gabriel A. Almond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, NJ
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- communism, communist party, communist party members, ex-communist party members, Cold War, Russia, workers party Communist party of America, communist countries, World War II,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cold War;
Terms of Sale
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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