Red threads : a history of the people's flag
Bell, Henry, 1989-2024
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The red flag: there is no symbol, perhaps other than the crucifix and the crescent moon, that so many people have lived and died for. A standard of hope and resistance to millions, and of terror and tyranny to many. But why is the red flag red? How did it come to represent the workers against the propertied class? And how did it travel the world? In Henry Bell's lively account, we journey around the globe and back through history, tracing the lineage of the red flag as both a material object and a symbol. The book explores the triumphs and disasters of the flag's history, its designers and makers, heroes and villains, and the utopias and wastelands that have kept the red flag flying.
Main title:
Red threads : a history of the people's flag / Henry Bell.
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Imprint:
London : Pluto Press, 2024.London : Pluto Press, 2024.
Collation:
368 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780745347691 (hbk)
Dewey class:
302.2223
Language:
English
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BRN:
2970894