Across the Revolutionary Divide: Russia and the USSR, 1861-1945 (Blackwell History of Russia) - Hardcover

Weeks, Theodore R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1405169613 ISBN 13: 9781405169615

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

Synopsis

Across the Revolutionary Divide: Russia and the USSR 1861-1945 offers a broad interpretive account of Russian history from the emancipation of the serfs to the end of World War II.

• Provides a coherent overview of Russia's development from 1861 through to 1945
• Reflects the latest scholarship by taking a thematic approach to Russian history and bridging the ‘revolutionary divide’ of 1917
• Covers political, economic, cultural, and everyday life issues during a period of major changes in Russian history
• Addresses throughout the diversity of national groups, cultures, and religions in the Russian Empire and USSR
• Shows how the radical policies adopted after 1917 both changed Russia and perpetuated an economic and political rigidity that continues to influence modern society

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Across the Revolutionary Divide: Russia, 1861-1945 presents an ambitious interpretive account of Russian history from the abolition of serfdom by Alexander II to the end of World War II. By taking into account seven fundamental themes -- Politics, Society, Nations, Modernization, Beliefs, World, and Culture – the author   recounts the turbulent series of events, influences, reforms, and revolutions that transformed the vast country from a backward society into one of the world's two great "super-powers."

 At the same time we see how the great changes brought about by the Revolution of 1917 left the USSR with many of the same problems of the Tsarist era, including the challenges of poverty, underdevelopment, and a multi-ethnic and multi-lingual population. The book also reveals how the radical policies adopted after the Bolshevik takeover both changed the face of Russia while perpetuating an economic and political rigidity whose effects continue into the twenty-first century.

With its unique thematic approach and careful balance of political, economic, and cultural issues, Across the Revolutionary Divide is a thought-provoking overview ofone of the most fascinating periods of Russian history.

About the Author:

Theodore R. Weeks is Professor of History at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He is author of Nation and State in Late Imperial Russia (1996) and From Assimilation to Antisemitism: The “Jewish Question” in Poland, 1855 to 1914 (2006).

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1405169613
• ISBN 13: 9781405169615
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296