Revolution and the People in Russia and China

by S.A. Smith

Book Overview

A unique comparative account of the roots of Communist revolution in Russia and China. Steve Smith examines the changing social identities of peasants who settled in St Petersburg from the 1880s to 1917 and in Shanghai from the 1900s to the 1940s. Russia and China, though very different societies, were both dynastic empires with backward agrarian economies that suddenly experienced the impact of capitalist modernity. This book argues that far more...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052171396X
• ISBN13: 9780521713962
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"