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The Bolsheviks Come to Power: The Revolution of 1917 in Petrograd
Alexander Rabinowitch
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Paperback. A new edition of a classic history of the Bolsheviks which destroys the platitudes of mainstream histories, reclaiming the revolution on its centenary Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150. .
The Bolsheviks Come to Power is one of the most important histories of the Russian Revolution to challenge the mainstream narratives. Originally published to great acclaim in 2004, this new edition marks the 100th anniversary of one of the explosive and game-changing moments in modern times. In this absorbing narrative, Alexander Rabinowitch counters the claims by mainstream historians that the revolution was a military coup led by Lenin and a small band of fanatics. He refutes the Soviet myth that the party's triumph in the October Revolution was inevitable, and explains the ebbs and flows of the ... Read more
The Bolsheviks Come to Power is one of the most important histories of the Russian Revolution to challenge the mainstream narratives. Originally published to great acclaim in 2004, this new edition marks the 100th anniversary of one of the explosive and game-changing moments in modern times. In this absorbing narrative, Alexander Rabinowitch counters the claims by mainstream historians that the revolution was a military coup led by Lenin and a small band of fanatics. He refutes the Soviet myth that the party's triumph in the October Revolution was inevitable, and explains the ebbs and flows of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745399980
SKU
V9780745399980
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About Alexander Rabinowitch
Alexander Rabinowitch is an Affiliated Research Scholar at St. Petersburg Institute of History, Russian Academy of Sciences. Between 1968-1999 he was Professor of History at Indiana University. He is the author of the classic The Bolsheviks Come to Power (Pluto, 2017), Prelude to Revolution (Indiana University Press, 1991), and The Bolsheviks in Power (Indiana University Press, 2008).
Reviews for The Bolsheviks Come to Power: The Revolution of 1917 in Petrograd
'Draws together the sequence of events in Petrograd, the mass moods there, and the role of the party, all the while demonstrating the reciprocal effects of each set of factors on one another...a vivid picture of politics in 1917'
Louis Menashe, Radical History Review 'Essential reading...with a narrative skill which all too few historians could match'
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Louis Menashe, Radical History Review 'Essential reading...with a narrative skill which all too few historians could match'
Robert M. ... Read more