Lenin: A Revolutionary Life

Read, Christopher

ISBN 10: 0415206499 / ISBN 13: 9780415206495

Published by Routledge, New York & London, 2005

About this Item

Large paperback, tiny curl to the corners of the cover and no other flaws to this clean, attractive copy, "An excellent biography which captures the real Lenin - part intellectual professor, part ruthless and dogmatic politician," illustrated with photos; ; 311 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lenin: A Revolutionary Life
• Publisher: Routledge, New York & London
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415206499
• ISBN 13: 9780415206495
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: 1st Paperback Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Russia

About this title

Synopsis

From a highly distinguished author on the subject, this biography is an excellent scholarly introduction to one of the key figures of the Russian Revolution and post-Tsarist Russia. Not only does it make use of archive material made newly available in the glasnost and post-Soviet eras, it re-examines traditional sources as well, providing an original interpretation of Lenin's life and historical importance.

Focal points of this study are:

• Lenin's revolutionary ascetic personality
• how he exploited culture, education and propaganda
• his relationship to Marxism
• his changing class analysis of Russia
• his 'populist' instincts.

A prominent figure at the forefront of debates on the Russian revolution, Read makes sure that Lenin remains in his place as a highly influential and significant figure of the recent past.

About the Author

Christopher Read is Professor of Modern European History at the University of Warwick. He is author of From Tsar to Soviets: The Russian People and Their Revolution, 1917-21 (1996), Culture and Power in Revolutionary Russia (1990) and The Making and Breaking of the Soviet System (2001).