Table of Contents

List of figures

List of tables

Acknowledgements

Chronology

Introduction: a very political life

1. Chaplin’s England

2. To Shoulder Arms? Charlie and the First World War

3. Moscow or Manchester? Chaplin’s views on capitalism before the depression took hold

4. Sex, Morality and a Tramp in 1920s America

5. Between Churchill and Gandhi: A Comedian Sees the World

6. Modern Times and the Great Depression

7. The Tramp and the Dictators

8. Comrades and Controversy

9. A Citizen of the World

Conclusion

Select Bibliography

Archival Collections

Correspondence

Published Sources

Other Cited Published Works

Doctoral Theses