| Description |
viii, 478 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Medieval and Early Modern times -- 2. The Russian Empire in the Early Nineteenth Century -- 3. The 'Great Reforms' and the Rise of a Revolutionary Movement -- 4. Economic and Social Change Before 1914 -- 5. The 1905 Revolution -- 6. The Final Decade of Tsarist Rule and the February Revolution -- 7. 1917 -- 8. Civil War and the Origins of a New Social Order -- 9. The New Economic Policy -- 10. Collectivization and Industrialization -- 11. The Stalinist Political Order -- 12. The Great Patriotic War -- 13. Reforming the Stalinist System, 1953 to 1964 -- 14. Consolidation, Stagnation and Change, 1964 to 1982 -- 15. Perestroika and the End of the Soviet Experiment, 1982 to 1991 -- Conclusion: the Failure of the Soviet Experiment |
| Summary |
It is impossible to make sense of the modern world without understanding the vast, and ultimately unsuccessful, experiment with Communism that began in Russia in 1917. Imperial and Soviet Russia offers a coherent interpretation of the turbulent history of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union during the last two centuries. Tracing the roots of the Communist experiment in the peasant world of traditional Russia, it shows how the harsh social and economic changes of the nineteenth century created enough dislocation to topple the tsarist regime and bring the Bolsheviks to power in 1917 |
| Notes |
Originally published : Melbourne, Longman, under the title Power and privilege |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 438-446) and index |
| Subject |
Communism -- Soviet Union.
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| SUBJECT |
Russia -- History -- 1801-1917. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125796
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Russia -- History -- 1689-1801. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125783
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Russia -- History -- Alexander II, 1855-1881.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125800
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Russia -- History -- Alexander III, 1881-1894.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125802
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Russia -- History -- Nicholas II, 1894-1917.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125803
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USSR -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125764
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| LC no. |
96050058 |
| ISBN |
0312173512 cloth |
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0312173520 paper |
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0333662938 Macmillan |
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0333662946 Macmillan paperback |
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