White Lenin

The Practice and Theory of Revolution
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-333-98537-3
Verlag: Macmillan Education
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 262 Seiten, Ebook (PDF)

Reihe: European History in Perspective

A political and intellectual biographical study of Lenin which focuses on those aspects of his thought and political activities that had a bearing on the accession of the Bolsheviks to power in Russia in 1917 and the creation of the Soviet state. The book places Lenin in the context of his times and shows his relationship to other socialist thinkers. In particular it locates Lenin within the development of Marxist thought in Russia. Its historiographical chapter reveals the political factors which influenced the way biographies of Lenin were written in the Soviet Union. The book makes extensive use of first-hand materials including sources from the Russian archives.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

White, James D

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.- Introduction.- The Making of a Revolutionary.- A Party of a New Type.- The 1905 Revolution and its Aftermath.- The First World War.- Lenin as Revolutionary.- Lenin in Power.- The Lenin Legend.- Select Bibliography.- Biographical Notes.- Chronology.- Glossary.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

JAMES D. WHITE is Reader in Russian and East European History at the University of Glasgow.