The Russian Revolution: A Very Short Introduction - S. A. Smith
The Russian Revolution: A Very Short Introduction - S. A. Smith This Very Short Introduction provides an analytical narrative of the main events and developments in Soviet Russia between 1917 and…
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The Russian Revolution: A Very Short Introduction - S. A. Smith
This Very Short Introduction provides an analytical narrative of the main events and developments in Soviet Russia between 1917 and 1936. Its central concern is to understand how one structure of domination was replaced by another. It examines the impact of the revolution on society as a whole-on different classes, ethnic groups, the army, men and women, youth.
Since the fall of Communism there has been much reflection on the significance of the Russian Revolution. The book registers the primacy of politics, but situates political developments firmly in the context of massive economic, social, and cultural change. The book rejects the currently influential, liberal interpretation of the revolution in favour of one that sees it as rooted in the contradictions of a backward society which sought modernization and enlightenment and ended in political tyranny.
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