Red Petrograd
Revolution in the Factories, 1917-1918
Will be published approx. on 14. November 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
360 pages
978-1-60846-863-8 (ISBN)
Description
A deeply engaging study, unmatched in its depth, of factory life in Petrograd over the course of Russia's revolutionary year. When the Russian autocracy fell in February 1917, workers across Petrograd took it as a signal to begin democratising every aspect of their lives, including their working lives. In this classic study, S.A. Smith vividly captures the creation, development, and expansion of the factory councils across the city.
Reviews / Votes
?Justly celebrated as a towering, vivid, historically vital work."?China Mieville
"The classic study of the role and behavior of Petrograd factory workers during the Great Russian Revolution. Based on thorough study of the relevant sources, Smith presents a nuanced, compelling sense of the ultimately decisive dialectical relationship between the powerful revolution from below and the triumph of Bolshevism in Red Petrograd."
?Alexander Rabinowitch, author, The Bolsheviks Come to Power "Justly celebrated as a towering, vivid, historically vital work."
-China Mieville
"The classic study of the role and behavior of Petrograd factory workers during the Great Russian Revolution. Based on thorough study of the relevant sources, Smith presents a nuanced, compelling sense of the ultimately decisive dialectical relationship between the powerful revolution from below and the triumph of Bolshevism in Red Petrograd."
-Alexander Rabinowitch, author, The Bolsheviks Come to Power
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60846-863-8 (9781608468638)
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Person
S.A. Smith taught at Essex University, the European University in Florence, was a Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, and currently teaches at Oxford University. He edits the journal, Past and Present, and has authored numerous books and articles.