The great challenge: nationalities and the Bolshevik state, 1917-1930 / Hélène Carrère d'Encausse; translated by Nancy Festinger; foreword by Richard Pipes
1992, Reprint. New York: Holmes & Meier. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #366009
ISBN: 0841912858
Physical description: xiv, 262 pages: maps; 24 cm. Contents: Part One. The Terms of the Debate. 1. Nation, Culture, and Revolution -- 2. Lenin: Organization and Strategy -- Part Two. Nationalism: The Stakes. 3. The Nations "Manipulated" -- 4. The Nationalities: Yeast for the Revolution -- 5. The Self-Determination of Nations versus the Self-Determination of the Proletariat -- Part Three. A Tough Compromise: Diversity and Unity. 6. A Parliament for Nationalities -- 7. Diversity: The Federal State -- 8. Unity: The Communist Party -- Part Four. The Cultural Revolution. 9. A Clean Sweep -- 10. National Culture and Proletarian Culture -- 11. The Roads to Economic Equality -- Conclusion: Variation on an Old Theme, or a New World? Subjects: Nationalism Soviet Union.
Minorities Soviet Union. Soviet Union Politics and government 1917-1936.
Nationalism Russia History 20th century. Minorities Russia History 20th century.
Price: €14.95