Socialism in Georgian colors : the European road to social democracy, 1883-1917 / Stephen F. Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Stephen Francis, 1953- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Socialism--Georgia (Republic)--History.

Socialism.

Socialism--Caucasus, South--History.

Mensheviks--History.

Mensheviks.

Russia (Federation)--History--Revolution, 1917-1921.

Russia (Federation).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (411 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2005]

Summary:

Georgian social democracy was the most successful social democratic movement in the Russian Empire. Despite its small size, it produced many of the leading revolutionary figures of 1917, including Irakli Tsereteli, Karlo Chkheidze, Noe Zhordania, and Joseph Stalin. In the first of two volumes, Stephen Jones writes the first history in English of this undeservedly neglected national movement, which represented one of the earliest examples of European social democracy at the turn of the twentieth century. Georgian social democracy was part of the Russian social democracy from which Bolshevism and Menshevism emerged. But innovative theoretical programs and tactics led Georgian social democracy down an independent path. The powerful Georgian organization united all native classes behind it, and it set a remarkable precedent for many of the anti-colonial nationalist movements of the twentieth century. At the same time, Georgian social democracy was committed to a "European" path, a "third way" that attempted to combine grassroots democracy, private manufacturing, and private land ownership with socialist ideology. One of the few Western historians fluent in Georgian, Jones fills major gaps in the history of revolutionary and national movements of the Russian Empire.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Maps

Preface

1 The Historical Context

2 Georgian Social Democracy’s National Roots

3 The Mesame Dasi

4 The Working People

5 The Split at Home

6 The Gurian Republic

7 The Year 1905: Shattered Dreams

8 New Directions

9 War and Revolution

10 Conclusion

Abbreviations

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [361]-368) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780674274273

067427427X

OCLC:

1282601092