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Between Empire and Revolution

A Life of Sidney Bunting, 1873-1936

Allison Drew author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:1st Jan '07

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Sidney Bunting's life offers a unique perspective on the British Empire, illustrating the complex social networks and values that were carried across the world in the name of empire. Drawing on archival material, including the Bunting family papers and records of Bunting's Oxford years, this work presents his biography.

'Drew's excellent biography of Bunting captures the extraordinary paradoxes of his life ... superbly researched and beautifully written.' Twentieth-Century British History 'Unquestionably this very readable volume will remain the authoritative scholarly study of Sidney Percival Bunting, one of South Africa's most remarkable communist pioneers.' H-Net 'Allison Drew has written an unbelievably detailed chronicle of Sindey's life. It is an engaging life of an outstanding personality.' African Historical Review 'a painstakingly researched account of Bunting's family background and life, filled with information drawn from a wide range of mainly documentary sources' Socialist History

ISBN: 9781851968930

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 566g

304 pages