The Russian revolution : the essential readings / edited by Martin A. Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Martin A. (Martin Alan), 1938-

Series:

Blackwell essential readings in history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921.

Soviet Union.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 288 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 2001.

Summary:

This volume consists of nine chapters which deal with many of the crucial issues of the Russian Revolution, introduced and contextualized particularly for students. The material, all written by prominent specialists, represents some of the most influential work of the last two decades.

The book covers the immediate background to the Revolutions of 1917, the parties, movements, and personalities as well as issues of social class, gender, and ethnicity. It opens with an introduction that presents a number of the main problems embedded in the study of the Revolution, and concludes with an examination of the writing of Russian history after the fall of communism. There is an explanatory introduction by the editor prior to each essay, which provides a framework for understanding the material.

The Russian Revolution: The Essential Readings is not only an indispensable guide to the key recent scholarly debates but also an important aid in understanding the themes and arguments around this major turning-point in modern history.

Contents:

Editor's introduction : the Russian Revolution at the millennium / Martin A. Miller

Part I. On the eve : toward revolution. The battleground / Edward Acton

Part II. Parties, movements and personalities in the revolutions of 1917. Russia's second revolution : the February 1917 uprising in Petrograd / E. N. Burdzhalov

The Russian Revolution of 1917 and its language in the village / Orlando Figes

The Bolsheviks come to power / Alexander Rubinowitch

Part III. Issues of class, gender, and ethnicity in the Revolution. Russian labor and Bolshevik power : social dimensions of protest after October / William Rosenberg

Bolshevik women / Barbara Evans Clements

Ascribing class : the construction of social identity in Soviet Russia / Sheila Fitzpatrick

State-building and nation-making : the Soviet experience / Ronald G. Suny

Part IV. Conclusions and prospects. Writing the history of the Russian Revolution after the fall of communism / Steve Smith.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0631216383

0631216391

OCLC:

44046894