Theodore R. Weeks

Across the Revolutionary Divide

Russia and the USSR, 1861-1945

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Across the Revolutionary Divide: Russia and the USSR1861-1945 offers a broad interpretive account of Russianhistory from the emancipation of the serfs to the end of World WarII.
Provides a coherent overview of Russia s development from 1861through to 1945
Reflects the latest scholarship by taking a thematic approachto Russian history and bridging the 'revolutionarydivide' of 1917
Covers political, economic, cultural, and everyday life issuesduring a period of major changes in Russian history
Addresses throughout the diversity of national groups,cultures, and religions in the Russian Empire and USSR
Shows how the radical policies adopted after 1917 both changedRussia and perpetuated an economic and political rigidity thatcontinues to influence modern society

Produktdetails

• Blackwell History of Russia
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9781405169608
• ISBN-10: 1405169605
• Artikelnr.: 23585613

Autorenporträt

Theodore R. Weeks is Professor of History at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He is author of Nation and State in Late Imperial Russia (1996) and From Assimilation to Antisemitism: The "Jewish Question" in Poland, 1855 to 1914 (2006).

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations.

Series Editor's Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

1. Politics.

2. Society.

3. Nations.

4. Modernization.

5. Belief.

6. World.

7. Culture.

Conclusion.

Timeline.

Notes.

Select Bibliography.

Index.

Rezensionen

A thought-provoking book which sheds fresh light on this period of Russian history, by overcoming the conventional narrative in bridging the tsarist and the Soviet era, and by following a thematic instead of a chronological structure" -- Andreas Kappeler, University of Vienna

"There are different ways to write a survey of Russian history, and most of them have been tried many times. Yet Simon Dixon, the editor of this excellent three-volume series, has invited his authors to do something new." (Slavonic and East European Review, 1 April 2012)

"On the whole, there are many positives in this work. The thematic approach makes it clear that certain characteristics were present in both tsarist and Soviet times, and that significant continuities were evident within the political and social aspects of revolutionary Russia." (Revolutionary Russia, 2 December 2011)

"Ted Weeks's book is an excellent and well-judged account of this crucial period. He presents the history of Russia and the Soviet Union in a way that will challenge students and make them think hard." (The Russian Review, 1 July 2011) "Recommended. Most levels/libraries." (Choice, 1 May 2011)