Russia's peasants in revolution and civil war
Subtitle: citizenship, identity, and the creation of the Soviet state, 1914-1922
By: Aaron B. Retish.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780521896894
Subjects: Peasantry -- Soviet Union -- History; Peasantry -- Russia -- History; Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921; Russia -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : peasants and revolutionary power; title: The masses mobilized : militarization, conscription, and the First World War in the village; title: Peasant citizens : freedom and revolution in the village; title: Peasant and nation in revolution; title: Bringing the state back in : land disputes and Soviet power in the village; title: War and the village; title: The resurrection of Soviet power in the countryside; title: Big tent Bolshevism : rule by consent and the construction of the Soviet polity; title: The citizens' hunger : famine relief efforts and the civil war economy; title: Conclusion : peasant citizens in a modern state.