This book is dedicated to the study of the
Party History Institute, of the history-writers employed there, and of the
narratives they produced. By studying the history-writers and their host
institution, this study re-contextualizes the historiography produced under
Communist rule by analyzing the actual conditions under which it was written:
the interrelation between dynamics of control and the struggle for resources,
power and positions play a fundamental role in this history.
This is the first scholarly inquiry about a highly
controversial institute that struggled in order to follow the constantly
shifting Party narrative canon, while competing for material resources with
rival Party and academic institutions. The main actors in this study are the
history-writers: Party veterans, young propagandists and educated historians,
in conflicting networks and groups, struggled in order to gain access to the
limited resources and positions provided by the Party, and in order to survive
the political changes imposed by the leadership. By doing so they succeed, on
many occasions, to influence the activities of the Institute.
This book is free here.
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