Research Catalog

Title

The Russian revolution, 1900-1927 / Robert Service.

Author

Service, Robert.

Publication

Basingstoke : Macmillan ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.

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Description

x, 111 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Summary

This analysis of the Russian Revolution uses information from both Western and Russian sources and examines politics, society and economic factors. In this third edition, there is a brief survey of the historical literature introducing each chapter.

Series Statement

Studies in European history

Uniform Title

Studies in European history (Basingstoke, England)

Alternative Title

Russian revolution

Subject

• 1904-1921
• Russia > History > 1904-1914
• Soviet Union > History > Revolution, 1917-1921

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-97) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. The Unstable Structure, 1900-1914 -- St. Petersburg and the world in 1900 -- The Romanov monarchy before 1905 -- Economic progress -- The transforming of Russian society -- Social discontents -- Political upheaval: 1905-6 -- The limits of the regime's adaptiveness -- Social resilience and institutional growth -- Economic problems before 1914 -- Political instability -- 2. Demolition, 1915-1917 -- War and the gathering economic crisis -- Social commotion -- The February Revolution of 1917 -- Aspirations in society -- 'Dual power' -- Economic breakdown and social reactions -- Mass organisations -- The Bolshevik party -- The disintegration of the state -- The October Revolution of 1917 -- 3. The Limits of Experiment, 1917-1927 -- Political euphoria -- Economic and military prostration: 1917-1918 -- Social reforms and mass participation -- Repression -- Civil War: 1917-1921 -- Resistance to Bolshevism -- The NEP and economic recovery: 1921-1927 -- The recuperation of society -- The party and the political system -- Moscow and the world in 1927.

ISBN

• 0333737814 (Macmillan)
• 0312223617 (St. Marrtin's)

LCCN

^^^99018811^

OCLC

• 43185745
• SCSB-12576246

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library