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100 1 $aEwan, Ruth,$eartist,$eauthor.
245 10 $aTwenty-nine thousand nights :$ba Communist life : Nan Berger /$ca project by Ruth Ewan.
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264 1 $aLondon :$bBook Works,$c[2017]
300 $a191 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm +$e1 postcard (color)
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520 8 $a"Commissioned for 'Beyond Words', Ruth Ewan has unearthed an unpublished manuscript of Nan Berger (1914-1998)--international activist, writer and editor, and lifelong member of the Communist Party. Now a forgotten figure, she gained brief public recognition for her work in the Ministry of Transport, resolving the coal crisis in the winter of 1947-48, for which she was awarded an OBE. Her autobiography is unfinished, consisting of contemporary notes alongside more detailed accounts of parts of her life: the anti-fascist struggles of the 1930s, pre-war USA, post-war life in Poland, China, and her activities with the National Council of Civil Liberties and the anti-apartheid struggle. The gaps are filled by Ruth Ewan with archival material that ranges from MI5 surveillance files, family photographs, archived journals, and publications, that presents evidence of an extraordinary life of radical politics and compassion for others. Ruth Ewan is an artist based in Glasgow, and is known for creating context-specific artworks. She works with found material, history, collaborators, and participants to realise her projects, which are often grounded in focused research into hidden social and political histories."--Publisher webpage.
500 $aPostcard is portrait of Nan Berger, by William Townsend, c. 1930.
600 10 $aEwan, Ruth.
600 10 $aBerger, Nan,$d1914-1998.
610 20 $aCommunist Party of Britain$vBiography.
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600 14 $aBerger, Nan.
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