The Russian Revolutionary Emigres 1825-1870
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Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In the turbulent decades between the failed Decembrist uprising of 1825 and the dawn of the populist movement in 1870, a remarkable generation of Russian radicals chose exile over submission — and from the drawing rooms of London to the revolutionary cells of Geneva, they forever altered the course of modern history. The Russian Revolutionary Emigres 1825–1870 chronicles the lives and ideological battles of these exiled dissidents, tracing how figures such as Alexander Herzen, Mikhail Bakunin, and their contemporaries built transnational networks of resistance against the Tsarist autocracy, wielding pamphlets and manifestos as their most potent weapons. Martin A. Miller presents a meticulously researched account that situates the emigre experience at the very heart of 19th-century revolutionary thought, arguing that the diaspora was not a retreat from Russian politics but its most dynamic arena. With a scholar's precision and a storyteller's eye, he illustrates how displacement bred ideological innovation, giving rise to anarchism, agrarian socialism, and early Marxist thought on Russian soil abroad. For anyone seeking to understand the deep roots of the Russian Revolution of 1917, the answer may lie not in Petrograd, but in the restless wanderings of these forgotten exiles.
Author: Martin A. Miller
Format: Hardback
Published: 1986, Johns Hopkins University Press
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In the turbulent decades between the failed Decembrist uprising of 1825 and the dawn of the populist movement in 1870, a remarkable generation of Russian radicals chose exile over submission — and from the drawing rooms of London to the revolutionary cells of Geneva, they forever altered the course of modern history. The Russian Revolutionary Emigres 1825–1870 chronicles the lives and ideological battles of these exiled dissidents, tracing how figures such as Alexander Herzen, Mikhail Bakunin, and their contemporaries built transnational networks of resistance against the Tsarist autocracy, wielding pamphlets and manifestos as their most potent weapons. Martin A. Miller presents a meticulously researched account that situates the emigre experience at the very heart of 19th-century revolutionary thought, arguing that the diaspora was not a retreat from Russian politics but its most dynamic arena. With a scholar's precision and a storyteller's eye, he illustrates how displacement bred ideological innovation, giving rise to anarchism, agrarian socialism, and early Marxist thought on Russian soil abroad. For anyone seeking to understand the deep roots of the Russian Revolution of 1917, the answer may lie not in Petrograd, but in the restless wanderings of these forgotten exiles.