Russia's First World War A Social and Economic History

Name: Russia's First World War A Social and Economic History
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ISBN: 9780582328181

ISBN-10: 0582328187

ISBN-13: 9780582328181

Edition: 2004

Authors: Peter Gatrell

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Peter Gatrell tells the story of Russian experience of World War One, focusing on the economic & social changes that resulted from the conflict.

Book details

List price: $59.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/7/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 340
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English

Peter Gatrell teaches modern European history and economic history at the University of Manchester, where he is presently Professor and Head of Department. His previous books include The Tsarist Economy 1850-1917 and Government, Industry and Rearmament in Russia, 1900- 1914.



Dedication


Contents


List of tables and maps


Preface


Introduction



The front line, 1914-1916



'Educated society' and the Russian elite



Narod: plebeian society during the war



Tsarist authority in question, 1915-1916



Mobilising industry: Russia's war economy at full stretch



Paying for the war, Russian style



Feeding Russia: food supply as Achilles' heel



Economic nationalism and the mobilisation of ethnicity in the 'great patriotic war'



Hierarchy subverted: the February Revolution and the Provisional Government



Economic meltdown and revolutionary objectives: from European war to Civil War, 1917-1918



Russia's First World War: an overview