The Russian Revolution, 1917 by Rex A Wade
Rex Wade here presents a new history of one of the pivotal events of modern history, combining his own long study of the revolution with the best of contemporary scholarship. Within an overall narrative that seeks to provide a clear account of the revolution, several new approaches are introduced: the political history of the revolution is recast and the complexity of the October Revolution is stressed. Wade clears away many of the myths and misconceptions that have clouded studies of the period. At the same time he gives due space to the social history of the revolution and incorporates people and places all too often left out of the story, including women, national minority peoples, and peasantry front soldiers, enabling a richer and more complete history to emerge. The story is narrated with pace, verve, and exceptional clarity; the chronology, maps and illustrations give further support to the reader.
'Rex Wade's succinct book is reliable and judicious … it is exemplary in its clear exposition of the latest historical literature' BBC History Magazine
'This work is, without a doubt, the best single-volume treatment of the 1917 revolution ever published in English … a remarkably readable synthesis of exceptionally diverse recent scholarship … Rex Wade has done the field a great service with the publication of The Russian Revolution, 1917, which is bound to become a standard choice of syllabi in Russian history of the revolutionary period.' Slavonic Review
'Read Wade, Rex Wade, his The Russian Revolution, 1917 ends logically with the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly in January 1918; it combines traditional history from above with more recent history from below; it has no ideological preconceptions; it is new, admirably brief, and it is good.' Revolutionary Russia
'… students and the interested general public will choose Wade's book not only for his 'rethinking our narrative and interpretation of several major features of the revolution' but also for the enjoyment of engaging with a good history of one of the seminal events of the last century that is well told.' Eras Journal
'Wade has written a very reliable largely political account produced to a very high standard of accuracy of information and absence of factual and typographical error.' Europe-Asia Studies
'Rex Wade has written an excellent short history of the Russian Revolution.' Russian Review
'This magisterial account offers an analytically sharp and comprehensive narrative of the 1917 revolution that synthesizes the tremendous wealth of scholarship of the last thirty years.' Russian History
'This work is, without a doubt, the best single-volume treatment of the 1917 revolution ever published in English … a remarkably readable synthesis of exceptionally diverse recent scholarship … Rex Wade has done the field a great service with the publication of The Russian Revolution, 1917, which is bound to become a standard choice of syllabi in Russian history of the revolutionary period.' Slavonic Review
'Read Wade, Rex Wade, his The Russian Revolution, 1917 ends logically with the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly in January 1918; it combines traditional history from above with more recent history from below; it has no ideological preconceptions; it is new, admirably brief, and it is good.' Revolutionary Russia
'… students and the interested general public will choose Wade's book not only for his 'rethinking our narrative and interpretation of several major features of the revolution' but also for the enjoyment of engaging with a good history of one of the seminal events of the last century that is well told.' Eras Journal
'Wade has written a very reliable largely political account produced to a very high standard of accuracy of information and absence of factual and typographical error.' Europe-Asia Studies
'Rex Wade has written an excellent short history of the Russian Revolution.' Russian Review
'This magisterial account offers an analytically sharp and comprehensive narrative of the 1917 revolution that synthesizes the tremendous wealth of scholarship of the last thirty years.' Russian History
Wade, Rex A.: - Rex A. Wade is a widely recognised expert on the Russian Revolution. He is the author or editor of a dozen books, including The Russian Search for Peace, February-October 1917 (1970) and Red Guards and Works' Militias in the Russian Revolution (1984), as well as many scholarly articles on the revolutionary and civil war eras. He is a long-term active member of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies and of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies (former President, and recipient of its Senior Scholar Award), among other professional associations and scholarly activities.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521425650 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521425654 |
| Title | The Russian Revolution, 1917 |
| Author | Rex A Wade |
| Series | New Approaches To European History |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2000-07-03 |
| Number of pages | 358 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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