Revolutionary Dreams
Utopian Vision and Experimental Life in the Russian Revolution
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Published:30th Jan '92
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Winner of the 1990 Vucinich Prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
This volume was the recipient of the 1990 Vucinich Prize, awarded by the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies for the best book published in 1989 in the field of Russian and East European studies.Stite's book received the 1990 Vucinich Prize, awarded by the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies for the best book published in 1989 in the field of Russian and East European studies. "The presentation is dynamic, fascinating, indeed brilliant, as well as fully expert....It is also a highly readable book....The book has already received much critical attention and great acclaim....In Revolutionary Dreams, we have a brilliantly presented historical work which is both pioneering and fundamental in its important field." -- Nicholas V Riasanovsky (speech made on presentation of the Vucinich Prize)
`This intriguing book will be read with profit not only by historians of Russia but also by anyone interested in utopian visions and utopian experiments. ... a major contribution to Russian studies.' American Historical Review
'Richard Stites' book is a lively, charismatic catalogue of the many manifestations of Russian 'pre-figurative behaviour' ... Stites profitably indulges the historian's love for accreted details and anecdotes, which add up to a cultural mosaic and suggest a scholarly proof.' Spencer Golub, Brown University, Theatre Research International
- Winner of Winner of the 1990 Vucinich Prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies.
ISBN: 9780195055375
Dimensions: 233mm x 155mm x 28mm
Weight: 531g
344 pages