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Lenin

The Practice and Theory of Revolution

  • Textbook
  • © 2001

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Authors:
  1. James D. White
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  • A new and original interpretation, not only of Lenin, but of how Leninism relates to Marxism
    A new reading of the early history of the Russian Communist Party
    Pathbreaking research into the historiography of Lenin biography in the Soviet Union
    Makes use of previously unavailable or inaccessible material

Part of the book series: European History in Perspective (EUROHIP)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • James D. White
    Pages 1-12

  3. The Making of A Revolutionary

    • James D. White
    Pages 13-39

  4. A Party of A New Type

    • James D. White
    Pages 40-67

  5. The 1905 Revolution and its Aftermath

    • James D. White
    Pages 68-99

  6. The First World War

    • James D. White
    Pages 100-128

  7. Lenin as Revolutionary

    • James D. White
    Pages 129-149

  8. Lenin In Power

    • James D. White
    Pages 150-177

  9. The Lenin Legend

    • James D. White
    Pages 178-202

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 203-262
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About this book

A political and intellectual biographical study of Lenin which focuses on those aspects of his thought and political activities that had a bearing on the accession of the Bolsheviks to power in Russia in 1917 and the creation of the Soviet state. The book places Lenin in the context of his times and shows his relationship to other socialist thinkers. In particular it locates Lenin within the development of Marxist thought in Russia. Its historiographical chapter reveals the political factors which influenced the way biographies of Lenin were written in the Soviet Union. The book makes extensive use of first-hand materials including sources from the Russian archives.

About the author

JAMES D. WHITE is Reader in Russian and East European History at the University of Glasgow.

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