The Russian Revolution The Essential Readings [Paperback]

This indispensable volume comprises the work of nine of the most prominent scholars of the Russian Revolution, with introductions by the editor that help students contextualize and understand each piece.Acknowledgments.

Editor's Introduction: The Russian Revolution at the Millennium: Martin Miller.

Part I: On the Eve: Toward Revolution:.

1. The Battleground: Edward Acton.

Part II: Parties, Movements and Personalities in the Revolutions of 1917:.

Introduction: Martin Miller.

2. Russia's Second Revolution: The February 1917 Uprising in Petrograd: E. N. Burdzhalov.

3. The Russian Revolution of 1917 and its Language in the Village: Orlando Figes.

4. The Bolsheviks come to Power: Alexander Rabinowitch.

Part III: Issues of Class, Gender and Ethnicity in the Revolution:.

Introduction: Martin Miller.

5. Russian Labor and Bolshevik Power: Social Dimensions of Protest after October: William Rosenberg.

6. Ascribing Class: The Construction of Social Identity in Soviet Russia: Sheila Fitzpatrick.

7. Bolshevik Women: Barbara Evans Clements.

8. State Building and Nation-Making: The Soviet Experience: Ronald G. Suny.

Part IV: Conclusions and Prospects: .

9. Writing the History of the Russian Revolution after the Fall of Communism: Steve Smith.

Index.

Professor Miller has succeeded in putting together an admirable collection of important articles on the Russian revolutionary experience, and has linked them together with an excellent set of introductions. Reginald E. Zelnik, Professor of History, University of California at Berkeley <!--end-->
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