Power and privilege
Subtitle: the Russian empire, the Soviet Union and the challenge of modernity
By: David Christian
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Longman Cheshire
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Melbourne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780582801141
Subjects: History; Emperor of Russia Peter I; Russia - History - 1894-1917; Soviet Union - History - 1917-1921, Revolution; Agriculture - Russia; Soviet Union - History; Feudalism; Joseph Stalin; Leon Trotsky; Capitalism; Communism - Russia; Communism - Soviet Union; Russia - Politics and government; Soviet Union - Politics and government; World War, 1914-1918 - Russia; Russia - Economic conditions; Russia - History; Soviet Union - Economic conditions; Soviet Union - Economic policy; Czar of Russia Ivan IV; Nikita Khrushchev; Vladmir Ilyich Lenin; Karl Marx; Communism; Socialism
Description: Medieval and early modern times - The early nineteenth century, the peasantry, taxation and the redistribution of wealth - Great reforms and the rise of a revolutionary movement - 1905 Revolution - Economic and social change in early twentieth century - The February Revolution - Civil war and the origins of a new social order - New Economic Policy - Collectivisation and industrialisation - Joseph Stalin - The Great Patriotic War - Impact of war - The Cold War - Reforming the Stalinist system - CHange from 1964 to 1982 - Perestroika and the end of the Soviet experiment - Reasons for failure.
Notes: For senior secondary school students.

Previous edition: Melbourne : Pitman, 1986.

CIP confirmed.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-395) and index.