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Experiencing Russia´s Civil War: Politics, Society, and Revolutionary Culture in Saratov, 1917-1922
Donald J. Raleigh
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Description for Experiencing Russia´s Civil War: Politics, Society, and Revolutionary Culture in Saratov, 1917-1922
Paperback. Presents the comprehensive history of the total experience of the Russian Civil War. Focusing on the key Volga city of Saratov and the surrounding region, this book shows how the experience of civil war embedded itself into both the people's and the state's outlook and behavior. Num Pages: 464 pages, 17 tables. 29 halftones. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 666.
This book is the only comprehensive history of the total experience of the Russian Civil War. Focusing on the key Volga city of Saratov and the surrounding region, Donald Raleigh is the first historian to fully show how the experience of civil war embedded itself into both the people's and the state's outlook and behavior. He demonstrates how and why the programs and ideals that had propelled the Bolsheviks into power were so quickly lost and the repressive Soviet party-state was born. Experiencing Russia's Civil War is based on exhaustive use of previously classified local and central archives. It is ... Read more
This book is the only comprehensive history of the total experience of the Russian Civil War. Focusing on the key Volga city of Saratov and the surrounding region, Donald Raleigh is the first historian to fully show how the experience of civil war embedded itself into both the people's and the state's outlook and behavior. He demonstrates how and why the programs and ideals that had propelled the Bolsheviks into power were so quickly lost and the repressive Soviet party-state was born. Experiencing Russia's Civil War is based on exhaustive use of previously classified local and central archives. It is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
460
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691113203
SKU
V9780691113203
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About Donald J. Raleigh
Donald J. Raleigh is Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He has edited and translated many volumes on Russian history and is the author of "Revolution on the Volga".
Reviews for Experiencing Russia´s Civil War: Politics, Society, and Revolutionary Culture in Saratov, 1917-1922
"By revealing the complexity of the civil war in one province, Raleigh's book will revitalize scholarly debate on the civil war."
S. A. Smith, Slavic Review "An excellent work that will become required reading for all students of this turbulent period in twentieth-century history."
Jack M. Lauber, History: Review of Books "This book makes an outstanding contribution to scholarship through its exhaustive ... Read more
S. A. Smith, Slavic Review "An excellent work that will become required reading for all students of this turbulent period in twentieth-century history."
Jack M. Lauber, History: Review of Books "This book makes an outstanding contribution to scholarship through its exhaustive ... Read more