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The Swing Riots were the most dramatic and widespread rising of the English rural poor. Protestors destroyed machines, demanding higher wages and better poor relief. Swing represented a genuine challenge to the existing ruling order, provoking a bitter and bloody repression. This is a vivid account of a defining moment in British history.

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Imperial Russia's massive, if finally fatal contribution to the Allied war effort of 1914-17 involved huge numbers of men and some of the greatest battles of the war. This volume provides illustrated detail on the range of uniforms worn by the troops who played central roles in these events.

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The Russian Civil War is the most important civil war of the 20th century, changing the lives of over half a billion people and dramatically shaping the geography of Europe, the Far East and Asia.

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Is Russian history one big inevitable failure The Soviet Union's demise and Russia's ensuing troubles have led many to wonder. But this is to look through a skewed prism indeed. This history of Russia takes us beyond the Soviet haze deep into the nation's - not at all inevitable, and in key respects remarkably successful - past.

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Analyses the place of the Russian Nobility in relation to their ruler during the reign of Alexander I

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Author of the only full-length eyewitness account of the 1917 Revolution, Sukhanov was a key figure in the first revolutionary Government. His seven-volume book, first published in 1922, was suppressed under Stalin. This reissue of the abridged version is, as the editor's preface points out, one of the few things written about this most dramatic an

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The Russian Revolution and Civil War in the years 1917 to 1921 is one of the most widely studied periods in history. This work offers a bibliographical guide to this crucial period of history, and includes key works in the major West European languages (French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Danish and others).

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Provides a comprehensive bibliography of English language literature on the Russian Revolution written between 1905 and mid-1994. The text contains 24 thematic sections covering all subjects from politics and society, to education and the arts.

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This book offers a fresh analysis of the Russian Revolution from a global perspective. It stresses the historical role of Soviet Communism in the modernization of the country, the defeat of Nazism, and the rise of American power and world leadership.

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The Russo-Japanese War was the first major conflict of the 20th century, as vast armies clashed in Manchuria incurring enormous casualties.

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A study of the Russo-Japanese War. It explains the background and outbreak of the war, then follows the course of the fighting at Yalu River, Sha-ho, and finally Mukden, the largest battle anywhere before World War I. It also demonstrates how Japan emerged from this conflict as a Great Power.

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From epigraphical, archaeological, and literary evidence Jon D. Mikalson has here assembled all relevant data concerning the dates of Athenian festivals, religious ceremonies, and legislative assemblies. This information has been used to revise and update our knowledge of the calendar as it reflects Athenian life. The facts and conclusions that eme

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A new English translation. Looks at the most notorious massacre in early modern European history and rejects most of the established accounts, especially those privileging conspiracy. Based on extensive research and a careful examination of existing interpretations, this is the most authoritative analysis of a shattering event. -- .