{"product_id":"the-long-awaited-moment-thomas-behan-9780820426747","title":"The Long Awaited Moment: The Working Class and the Italian Communist Party in Milan, 1943-1948","description":"This book describes the activities and political development of industrial workers in the \u003ci\u003ePorta Romana\u003c\/i\u003e area of Milan during the 1940s. The main focus of discussion is the extent of working class allegiance to the Italian Communist Party, which the author argues was generally more apparent than real. Through the use of unpublished archive material and oral sources, the author argues that many workers possessed a more radical consciousness than that of Communist leaders: the desire for \u003ci\u003eThe Long Awaited Moment\u003c\/i\u003e of an insurrectionary seizure of power. Although this current of working class thought is acknowledged as having existed during the Resistance period of 1943-45, up until now its existence has been denied as regards the immediate postwar years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Behan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820426741\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820426747\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Thomas Behan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48241120968959,"sku":"9780820426747","price":65.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_952f8a71-0f78-4d2e-b6f7-b9c89646c565.jpg?v=1772652837","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-long-awaited-moment-thomas-behan-9780820426747","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}