Russian Revolution 1917

Name: Russian Revolution 1917
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ISBN: 9780521602426

ISBN-10: 0521602424

ISBN-13: 9780521602426

Edition: 2nd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Rex A. Wade, William Beik, T. C. W. Blanning, Brendan Simms, B. Simon

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Rex Wade presents a new account of one of the pivotal events of modern history, combining his own long study of the revolution with the best of contemporary scholarship. Within an overall narrative that provides a clear description of the 1917 revolution, he introduces several new approaches on its political history and the complexity of the October Revolution. Wade clears away many of the myths and misconceptions that have clouded studies of the period. He also gives due space to the social history of the revolution and incorporates people and places too often left out of the story, including women, national minority peoples, and peasantry front soldiers, enabling a more complete history…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/21/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 370
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



List of plates


List of maps


Preface


Preface to the second edition


Chronology



The coming of the revolution



The February Revolution



Political realignment and the new political system



The aspirations of Russian society



The peasants and the purposes of revolution



The nationalities: identity and opportunity



The summer of discontents



"All Power to the Soviets"



The Bolsheviks take power



The Constituent Assembly and the purposes of power



Conclusions