The Russian Revolution
by MOOREHEAD, ALAN
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1958. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE Book in Good Condition with a Fair Dust Jacket. 24 page illustration section with historic photographs. Red cloth binding is clean and unmarked, tight and solid, trace wear. Pages are clean, some underlining of text in first part of book. Jacket is worn, has been taped to book. A history of the 1917 Russian revolution. Moorehead establishes the setting leading up to this cataclysmic event beginning with the Czars in the late 19th century; the rise of the liberals whose gains were washed away by the reaction after the assassination of Alexander II who emancipated the serf; the Russo-Japanese War; the Revolution of 1905 and Bloody Sunday; the First World War; and the rise of the professional revolutionary, particulary Lenin. An intense time and place in history, one of the most momentous times in the 20th century. the rise of the Bolsheviks to power. 301 pages, indexed. Notes on Sources. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. 1958, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York
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- Seller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 024978
- Title
- The Russian Revolution
- Author
- MOOREHEAD, ALAN
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- RUSSIAN HISTORY LENIN CZARS PETROGRAD TROTSKY
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