Power and Possession in the Russian Revolution by Anne O'Donnell Hardcover Book

Description: Power and Possession in the Russian Revolution by Anne O'Donnell, Professor Anne O'Donnell A history that reframes the Bolsheviks unprecedented attempts to abolish private property after the revolutions of 1917 The revolutions of 1917 swept away not only Russias governing authority but also the property order on which it stood. The upheaval sparked waves of dispossession that rapidly moved beyond the seizure of factories and farms from industrialists and landowners, envisioned by Bolshevik revolutionaries, to penetrate the bedrock of social life: the spaces where people lived. In Power and Possessionin the Russian Revolution, Anne ODonnell reimagines the Bolsheviks unprecedented effort to eradicate private property and to create a new political economy-socialism-to replace it.ODonnells account captures the story of property in reverse, showing how the bonds connecting people to their things were broken and how new ways of knowing things, valuing them, and possessing them coalesced amid the political ferment and economic disarray of the Revolution. ODonnell reminds us that Russias postrevolutionary confiscation of property, like many other episodes of mass dispossession in the twentieth century, largely escaped traditional forms of record keeping. She repairs this omission, drawing on sources that chronicle the lived experience of upheaval-popular petitions, apartment inspections, internal audits of revolutionary institutions, and records of the political police-to reconstruct an archive of dispossession. The result is an unusually intimate history of the Bolsheviks attempts to conquer people and things.The Bolsheviks reimagining of property not only changed peoples lives and destinies, it formed the foundation of a new type of state-one that eschewed the defense of private property rights in favor of an enduring but enigmatic new domain: socialist state property. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Anne ODonnell is assistant professor of history and Russian and Slavic studies at New York University. Review "[A] powerful and illuminating account of how people lost and laid claim to things – apartments, household items and other personal possessions – in revolutionary Moscow. . . . ODonnells calm analysis of the phases of revolutionary dispossession makes compelling reading. The book also contains some surprises even for readers under no illusions about the chaos and coercion of early Bolshevik Russia."---Stephen Lovell, Times Literary Supplement"One of the most thought-provoking and well-researched books on the Russian Revolution and is essential reading to understand the revolutionary experience."---Aaron B. Retish, The Russian Review Details ISBN069120554X Author Professor Anne ODonnell Publisher Princeton University Press Format Hardcover Series Histories of Economic Life Year 2024 ISBN-13 9780691205540 Publication Date 2024-01-16 Imprint Princeton University Press Place of Publication New Jersey Country of Publication United States Illustrations 9 b/w illus. NZ Release Date 2024-01-16 US Release Date 2024-01-16 UK Release Date 2024-01-16 ISBN-10 069120554X Alternative 9780691255880 Audience General Pages 392 AU Release Date 2024-04-23 DEWEY 947.0841 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:158298391;

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