United States Communist History Bibliography 2017 – and Selective International Communist History Bibliography (with a special section on the Russian Revolution)

Abstract

The principal subject of this annual bibliography is the English language scholarly literature of United States Communism (supplemented by some articles from serious journals of opinion, obituaries, etc.). Naturally, anticommunism is covered as well. The bibliography is broad in scope, containing many items that are either tangential to U.S. Communism or, deemed to be, in the compiler’s opinion, of close interest to scholars of U.S. Communism. I hope the reader will find this broad, multifaceted approach, with its rich web of scholarly and intellectual associations, enriching and thought provoking. The citations regarding U.S. Communism are mostly either annotated or contain a list of contents. This year, on its centenary, there is also a section on the Russian Revolution, and the section Conference Materials includes the programs of several conferences devoted exclusively to the Russian Revolution. There is also a selection of works about international Communism, Communism in other countries, the majority about their Communist parties, although there is coverage of cultural and other issues. Lastly, there is a selection of C/communist and Marxian theory. Informational annotations are provided where a work’s title does not convey its chronological or geographical scope, key personal or corporate names, subject or relevance. Please send any citations that seem pertinent to Peter Filardo: filardop@gmail.com. For an outstanding cumulative bibliography through 2008, see: John Earl Haynes, American Communism and Anticommunism: A Historian’s Bibliography and Guide to the Literature. It contains over 10,000 entries, most annotated, is extensively topically subdivided, and is particularly strong on anticommunism (http://www.johnearlhaynes.org/ page94.html). NOTE: This will be the last year that the Bibliography will appear in its current format. The non-US communism section will be eliminated, as will the communism-related theory section. The Bibliography will only include works directly about or directly related to US communism. It is hoped this more focused format will make the Bibliography, although lacking the rich web of scholarly and intellectual associations in the Bibliography as currently formatted, that nevertheless the new format will be easier to use and to peruse. Several factors have led me to this decision: The relatively low level of interest in the Bibliography, as demonstrated by the metrics available on the table of contents page for the