Prophets and Conspirators in Prerevolutionary Russia [Hardcover]

In this magisterial and exciting book, Ulam offers a brilliant history of Russian political and intellectual life in those critical years from 1855 to 1884 and describes the successive conspiracies that shook the edifice of tsarist autocracy.In this magisterial and exciting book, Ulam offers a brilliant history of Russian political and intellectual life in those critical years from 1855 to 1884 and describes the successive conspiracies that shook the edifice of tsarist autocracyIntroduction; I: Makers of the Revolutionary World; One: Nicholas Romanov; Two: Alexander Herzen; Three: The New Men and Chernyshevsky; II: A Revolutionary Mystery Story; Four: The Birth of Conspiracy; Five: Land and Freedom; Six: Nihilism; III: The Possessed; Seven: Hell; Eight: The Prankster; IV: The Revolutionary Crusade; Nine: The Quiet Beast; Ten: Seeds of Violence; V: The Triumph of Revolutionary Populism; Eleven: The Year of Choice; Twelve: The Birth of the Peoples Will; Thirteen: The Elegant and Slender Bombs; VI: The Fall; Fourteen: After the Gallows; Fifteen: EpilogueUS? 1998 by Taylor & Francis