Bread and Justice: State and Society in Petrograd 1917-1922
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Mary McAuley (Author)
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This is a study of Petrograd in the period immediately following the Russian Revolution. Formerly the imperial capital St. Petersburg, in the years after 1917 Petrograd became a revolutionary citadel. Mary McAuley's political and social history throws into relief the interplay of factors that contributed to the formation of the new Soviet state. Her detailed account of life in the city provides new insights into the progress of the Russian Revolution and the establishment, in 1921, of the Leninist political order.
Bread and Justice is based on a wide array of original sources, including newspapers, pamphlets, posters, memoirs, and personal interviews. It paints a multi-dimensional picture of everyday life in post-Revolutionary Petrograd, exploring themes such as violence and unemployment, civic justice and bread rations, political ideas and cultural dreams. This is a book about the people of the city - Bolshevik commissars, imperial princesses, hungry schoolchildren, and theatre artists all make their appearance - and about the impact of the Russian Revolution on their lives. It is a major contribution to our understanding of the revolutionary process and the formation of the Soviet Union. 8 pp plates, 4 maps, 10 tables
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- Contributor: Mary McAuley
- Imprint: Clarendon Press
- ISBN13: 9780198219828
- Number of Pages: 488
- Packaged Dimensions: 159x241x31mm
- Packaged Weight: 841
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Release Date: 1991-06-06
- Binding: Hardback
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