{"product_id":"red-threads-henry-bell-9780745347691","title":"Red Threads: A History of the People's Flag","description":"The red flag: There is no symbol, perhaps other than the crucifix and the crescent moon, for which so many people have lived and died. 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From its martial beginnings in Rome and France to the raising of a blood-stained flag at the Merthyr Rising and the arrival of the red flag at the Paris Commune, from the jungles of north-eastern India to the factories of Cuba, \u003ci\u003eRed Threads\u003c\/i\u003e explores how this symbol of working-class power first came to be held aloft in the hands of revolutionaries; who raises it today; and its meaning for the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Bell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 074534769X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745347691\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Henry Bell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46024968405247,"sku":"9780745347691","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8d44bc9e-97c8-4cf3-b49c-bcd7f4b2a7f4.jpg?v=1723129650","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/red-threads-henry-bell-9780745347691","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}