Theodore R. Weeks

Across the Revolutionary Divide (eBook, ePUB)

Russia and the USSR, 1861-1945

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Across the Revolutionary Divide: Russia and the USSR 1861-1945 offers a broad interpretive account of Russian history from the emancipation of the serfs to the end of World War II. * Provides a coherent overview of Russia's development from 1861 through to 1945 * Reflects the latest scholarship by taking a thematic approach to Russian history and bridging the 'revolutionary divide' of 1917 * Covers political, economic, cultural, and everyday life issues during 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 changed Russia and perpetuated an economic and political rigidity that continues to influence modern society

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444351606
• Artikelnr.: 38308851

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 viii
Series Editor's Preface ix
Acknowledgments xii
Introduction 1
1. Politics 18
2. Society 53
3. Nations 87
4. Modernization 117
5. Belief 147
6. World 175
7. Culture 204
Conclusion 234
Timeline 248
Notes 252
Select Bibliography 269
Index 275

Rezensionen

"There are different ways to write a survey of Russianhistory, and most of them have been tried many times. Yet SimonDixon, the editor of this excellent three-volume series, hasinvited his authors to do something new." (Slavonicand East European Review, 1 April 2012)

"On the whole, there are many positives in this work. Thethematic approach makes it clear that certain characteristics werepresent in both tsarist and Soviet times, and that significantcontinuities were evident within the political and social aspectsof revolutionary Russia." (Revolutionary Russia, 2 December2011)

"Recommended. Most levels/libraries." (Choice, 1 May 2011)"This is a superb interpretive history that integrates the latestresearch and thoughtfully presents the story of modern Russia in anaccessible and elegant way."
--Robert D. Crews, Stanford University

"Drawing on the latest scholarship, Ted Weeks has written afirst-rate account of Russian history from the emancipation of theserfs in 1861 to the end of the World War II. Students and scholarsalike will derive great benefit from his accessible prose andanalytical insights. Highly recommended."
--Glennys Young, University of Washington

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