... -industrial economy and way of life had almost disappeared. In 1911 nearly 70 per cent of the country's 45 million inhabitants lived in urban areas. The sense of 'local' community was being lost. Society became more fragmented and individual identities more fluid. The British Empire ... already begun. This was apparent in the poetry of the 1890s – the decade of Aestheticism and Decadence. It was largely a poetry of urban themes; the Romantic dependence on nature had already declined. Narratives gave way to lyrics, above all to 'impressions', capturing the sensation of an ... ...

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... party to his advantage, removing Trotsky and the leftists from history whilst glorifying himself as the saviour of the Soviet Union. Before and throughout the five-year plans Stalin's propaganda machine created an image of Stalin following the Leninist' path, ridiculing the rightists who were bringing back capitalism' whilst further damaging the leftist world-wide revolution' for being irresponsible and unpatriotic ... the removal of the Nepmen and small businesses as well as privately owned shops, which were forced into collectives. This helped in turn to spread the state power through...

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