The Bolshevik revolution : a social history of the Russian revolution / Marc Ferro ; translated by Norman Stone
1985, 1st paperback edition. London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #425891
ISBN: 0710205503
Physical description; xiv, 345 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-345) and index. Translation of: La Révolution de 1917: octobre, naissance d'une société. This translation was first published in 1980 as: October 1917, a social history of the Russian Revolution. Contents; Introduction : the illusions and delusions of revolution -- 1. The political crisis -- 2. The failure of counter-revolution -- 3. The failure of the traditional institutions and authorities -- 4. The nationalities : disintegration, reunion and fusion -- 5. The Revolution in the countryside -- 6. Labour against capital -- 7. The state : from soviets to bureaucracy -- 8. The October Rising -- Conclusion. Subjects; 1917-1921. Soviet Union. Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921. Soviet Union Politics and government 1917-1936. Russia. History.
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