The Making Of Three Russian Revolutionaries: Voices From The Menshevik Past
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: minor rubbing on board edges, otherwise internally sound - clean and bright copy.
At the turbulent dawn of the twentieth century, three men navigated the treacherous currents of Russian revolutionary politics, their lives becoming a testament to the ideological fervour and human cost of one of history's most dramatic transformations. The Making of Three Russian Revolutionaries presents a compelling oral history drawn from the Menshevik past, chronicling the formative experiences, political awakenings, and enduring convictions of three key figures within the Menshevik movement — the often-overlooked democratic socialist faction that stood in fierce opposition to Lenin's Bolsheviks. Edited and introduced by Leopold H. Haimson, one of Columbia University's foremost authorities on the Soviet Union and the Russian labour movement, this work draws on extensive interviews to illuminate the inner world of revolutionary consciousness with remarkable intimacy and scholarly rigour. In collaboration with Ziva Galili y Garcia and Richard Wortman, Haimson constructs a nuanced portrait of a lost political tradition, arguing that the Menshevik experience offers a vital corrective to triumphalist Bolshevik historiography. The result is a work of profound historical empathy — one that leaves the reader to wonder what alternative futures might have been possible had history turned just slightly differently.
Author: Leopold H. Haimson
Format: Hardback
Published: 1987, Cambridge University Press; Editions de la Maison des Sciences de L'Homme
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: minor rubbing on board edges, otherwise internally sound - clean and bright copy.
At the turbulent dawn of the twentieth century, three men navigated the treacherous currents of Russian revolutionary politics, their lives becoming a testament to the ideological fervour and human cost of one of history's most dramatic transformations. The Making of Three Russian Revolutionaries presents a compelling oral history drawn from the Menshevik past, chronicling the formative experiences, political awakenings, and enduring convictions of three key figures within the Menshevik movement — the often-overlooked democratic socialist faction that stood in fierce opposition to Lenin's Bolsheviks. Edited and introduced by Leopold H. Haimson, one of Columbia University's foremost authorities on the Soviet Union and the Russian labour movement, this work draws on extensive interviews to illuminate the inner world of revolutionary consciousness with remarkable intimacy and scholarly rigour. In collaboration with Ziva Galili y Garcia and Richard Wortman, Haimson constructs a nuanced portrait of a lost political tradition, arguing that the Menshevik experience offers a vital corrective to triumphalist Bolshevik historiography. The result is a work of profound historical empathy — one that leaves the reader to wonder what alternative futures might have been possible had history turned just slightly differently.