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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Alexander RabinowitchPublisher: Pluto Press Imprint: Pluto Press Edition: 2nd edition Weight: 0.812kg ISBN: 9780745399997ISBN 10: 0745399991 Pages: 464 Publication Date: 20 May 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Note on Transliteration, Dates and Terminology Preface to the Centenary Edition Introduction 1. The July Uprising 2. The Bolsheviks Under Fire 3. Petrograd During the Reaction 4. The Ineffectiveness of Repression 5. The Bolshevik Resurgence 6. The Rise of Kornilov 7. Kornilov versus Kerensky 8. The Bolsheviks and Kornilov’s Defeat 9. The Question of a New Government 10. 'All Power to the Soviets!' 11. Lenin’s Campaign for an Insurrection 12. Obstacles to an Uprising 13. The Garrison Crisis and the Military Revolutionary Committee 14. On the Eve 15. The Bolsheviks Come to Power 16. Epilogue Notes Selected Bibliography IndexReviews'I know of no previous work which has so skillfully presented the fluctuating state of the mood of the 'masses' in the Russian capital in those fateful months.' -- Leonard Shapiro, New York Review of Books The Bolsheviks Come to Power remains the best book on the 1917 Russian revolution-a seminal study of events that shaped history for decades and continues to do so even today. Both political and social history, it greatly expands on our detailed knowledge of the turbulent events of that year, while deepening and revising our understanding of the Bolshevik Party and the social factors that brought it to power. -- Stephen F. Cohen, New York University ...a brilliant, convincing, and exciting book. -- Stanley Plastrik, Dissent Essential reading...with a narrative skill which all too few historians could match. -- Robert M. Slusser, Baltimore Sun [Rabinowitch] draws together the sequence of events in Petrograd, the mass moods there, and the role of the party, all the while demonstrating the reciprocal effects of each set of factors on one another...a vivid picture of politics in 1917. -- Louis Menashe, Radical History Review 'Draws together the sequence of events in Petrograd, the mass moods there, and the role of the party, all the while demonstrating the reciprocal effects of each set of factors on one another...a vivid picture of politics in 1917' -- Louis Menashe, Radical History Review 'Essential reading...with a narrative skill which all too few historians could match' -- Robert M. Slusser, Baltimore Sun 'A brilliant, convincing, and exciting book' -- Stanley Plastrik, Dissent 'Remains the best book on the 1917 Russian revolution-a seminal study of events that shaped history for decades and continues to do so even today' -- Stephen F. Cohen, New York University 'I know of no previous work which has so skilfully presented the fluctuating state of the mood of the 'masses' in the Russian capital in those fateful months' -- Leonard Shapiro, New York Review of Books 'Draws together the sequence of events in Petrograd, the mass moods there, and the role of the party, all the while demonstrating the reciprocal effects of each set of factors on one another...a vivid picture of politics in 1917' -- Louis Menashe, Radical History Review 'Essential reading...with a narrative skill which all too few historians could match' -- Robert M. Slusser, Baltimore Sun 'A brilliant, convincing, and exciting book' -- Stanley Plastrik, Dissent 'Remains the best book on the 1917 Russian revolution - a seminal study of events that shaped history for decades and continues to do so even today' -- Stephen F. Cohen, New York University 'I know of no previous work which has so skilfully presented the fluctuating state of the mood of the 'masses' in the Russian capital in those fateful months' -- Leonard Shapiro, New York Review of Books Author InformationAlexander Rabinowitch is an Affiliated Research Scholar at St. Petersburg Institute of History, Russian Academy of Sciences. Between 1968-1999 he was Professor of History at Indiana University. He is the author of the classic The Bolsheviks Come to Power (Pluto, 2017), Prelude to Revolution (Indiana University Press, 1991), and The Bolsheviks in Power (Indiana University Press, 2008). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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