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.
*Promotion and publicity, along with our other titles on the subject, to coincide with the centenary of the Russian Revolution. *Slavic and Russian studies scholarship has become less burdened by old ideological predispositions since the end of of the Cold War. This is reflected in the broadening of debate in the Slavic Review, and other serious historical journals, where Smith's work has been recognized as an indispensable contribution to this debate. *A new generation of graduate students and younger readers are re-visiting the great debates of the Old and New Left with fresh eyes, including those over revolution in the modern world.
About the Author
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.
Reviews
"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
Book Information
ISBN 9781608468638
Author S. A. Smith
Format Paperback
Page Count 360
Imprint Haymarket Books
Publisher Haymarket Books
*Promotion and publicity, along with our other titles on the subject, to coincide with the centenary of the Russian Revolution. *Slavic and Russian studies scholarship has become less burdened by old ideological predispositions since the end of of the Cold War. This is reflected in the broadening of debate in the Slavic Review, and other serious historical journals, where Smith's work has been recognized as an indispensable contribution to this debate. *A new generation of graduate students and younger readers are re-visiting the great debates of the Old and New Left with fresh eyes, including those over revolution in the modern world.
About the Author
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.
Reviews
"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
Book Information
ISBN 9781608468638
Author S. A. Smith
Format Paperback
Page Count 360
Imprint Haymarket Books
Publisher Haymarket Books
