Recollections : the French Revolution of 1848 by Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859

Table of Contents: “…The sitting of the chamber -- the Duchess of Orleans -- The provisional government -- Part two -- 1. My view of the reasons for the events of the 24th February, and my thoughts concerning its effects for the future -- 2. …”


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Restless Empire : a historical atlas of Russia by Barnes, Ian, 1946-2014

Table of Contents: “…Preface / Ian Barnes -- Introduction / Dominic Lieven -- The coming of the Slavs and the origins of Russia -- From the arrival of Christianity to the golden age of Kiev -- The decline and fall of Kievan Rus -- The Tatar invasions and the Mongol yoke -- The rise of Muscovy -- Ivan the Great -- Ivan the Terrible -- The time of troubles -- The development of Christianity in Russia -- The rise of the Romanovs -- Petrine Russia: Centralization and westernization -- Russia after Peter: The rule of the empresses -- Catherine the Great -- Russia as a great power, 1800 -- The Napoleonic Wars -- Nicholas I and the Crimean War -- The Alexanders: Reform and reaction -- Russian foreign policy: China and Japan -- Imperial expansion: Caucasus -- Russia in Central Asia -- Poles, Finns, and anti-Semitism -- Intellectuals and revolutionaries in nineteenth-century Russia -- Economic development and its effects -- Political upheaval, 1905-1906 -- Kursk: A province -- The First World War -- The February Revolution and provisional government -- From Red October to Brest-Litovsk: The consolidation of Bolshevik power -- The Russian Civil War -- The aftermath: From war Communism to NEP and the creation of a police state -- Stalin's rise to power -- The purges -- Stalin's collectivization -- Industrialization -- Roads to war -- The Winter War -- The Great Patriotic War -- Manchuria -- Postwar Europe -- Khrushchev: De-Stalinization, thaw, and reform -- Operation Anadyr -- Brezhnev and stagnation -- Russia in Eastern Europe: Disintegrating empire -- The Cold War: Defending the Soviet Union -- Soviet intellectuals, dissent, and Samizdat culture -- Interregnum: Andropov, early Perestroika, and Chernenko -- Gorbachev: From reform to failure -- The Yeltsin saga -- Nationalities and the near abroad -- Conflict in the Caucasus -- Russia, NATO, and the new European order -- The Putin era -- Russia's shadow empire -- Russian rulers.…”


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The French fifties

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'The land for the people' : the land question in independent Ireland by Dooley, Terence A. M., 1964-

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This mad "instead" : governing metaphors in contemporary American fiction by Saltzman, Arthur M. (Arthur Michael), 1953-

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Paris after the liberation, 1944-1949 by Beevor, Antony, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…The Epuration Sauvage (p.79) -- Part two: L'Etat, c'est de Gaulle. 9. Provisional government (p.95) -- 10. Corps Diplomatique (p.109) -- 11. …”


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Crime and punishment in the Russian revolution : mob justice and police in Petrograd by Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi, 1941-

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Twentieth-century Spain : a history by Casanova, Julián, Gil Andrés, Carlos

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Paul Miliukov and the quest for a liberal Russia, 1880-1918 by Stockdale, Melissa Kirschke, 1957-

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The fall of tsarism : untold stories of the February 1917 Revolution by Lyandres, Semion, 1959-

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March 1917 : the Red Wheel, Node III (8 March-31 March), book 2 by Solzhenit︠s︡yn, Aleksandr Isaevich, 1918-2008

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1917 war, peace, and revolution by Stevenson, D. (David), 1954-

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My mission to Russia and other diplomatic memories by Buchanan, George, Sir, 1854-1924

Table of Contents: “…II. 1916 (Improvement in military situation ; Success of Brussiloff's offensive ; Roumania intervenes too late ; Stürmer appointed President of the Council ; I receive the Freedom of Moscow) -- 1916 (The Polish question ; Sazonoff is dismissed ; Stürmer appointed Foreign Minister ; Stürmer and the pro-Germans ; I speak to the Emperor about the internal situation) -- 1916 (Anti-British campaign by Germans ; Trepoff and Pokrowski appointed respectively President of Council and Minister for Foreign Affairs ; Policy of the Empress and motives ; Rasputin's assassination ; Change of Government in England) -- 1917 (Trepoff resigns ; Prince Golitzin as President of the Council ; My last audience with the Emperor ; Meeting of Allied Conference and its outcome) -- 1917 (My telegram reviewing Russian situation for information of Imperial Conference ; Revolution begins ; Rodzianko's telegram to the Emperor ; Attitude of the Government and of the Duma ; The Emperor decides to appoint a military dictator and to come himself to Petrograd ; Appointment of an Executive Committee by the Duma ; Formation of Soviet ; Emperor's offer of concessions arrives too late ; Delegates sent to Pskov to demand his abdication ; Appointment of Provisional Government ; Grand Duke Michael provisionally renounces the throne ; Prikaz No. 1) -- 1917 (The Emperor and the Empress placed under arrest ; The Empress's fatal influence ; Character and education of the Emperor ; Review of his reign ; His fatalism and firm belief in a controlling Providence) -- 1917 (Our recognition of the Provisional Government ; I am accused of having promoted the Russian Revolution) -- 1917 (Order re-established at Petrograd ; Discipline of Army undermined ; The Provisional Government ; Struggle between Government and Soviet ; Kerensky's views ; Lenin enters on the scene) -- 1917 (Struggle between Miliukoff and Kerensky ; War aims ; Conflict with the Soviet ; The Government wins a moral victory ; Kerensky becomes Minister of War and of Marine ; Socialism dominant ; The Cadets ; Social Revolutionaries ; Social Democrats ; Bolsheviks) -- 1917 (Mr. …”


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1917 : war, peace, and revolution by Stevenson, D. (David), 1954-

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The internal politics of China, 1949-1972. by Domes, Jürgen

Table of Contents: “…The establishment of the governmental system: The provisional government of 1949 ; Regional administration and the influence of the PLA ; The constitution of 1954 ; The CCP and the non-Communist United Front parties, 1949-1957 -- III. …”


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John R. Mott, the American YMCA, and revolutionary Russia : excerpts from Recent experiences and impressions in Russia by John R. Mott and Service with fighting men by Mott, John R. (John Raleigh), 1865-1955

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France and the Africans, 1944-1960; a political history. by Mortimer, Edward

Table of Contents: “…'Assimilation' ; The league of nations mandates ; Realities of French rule in Africa ; The beginnings of modern African politics ; French policy from 1936-1944 ; The Brazzaville recommendation -- 2. The provisional government : Application of the Brazzaville proposals ; Towards a constitutional formal ; Preparations for the constituent assembly ; The election campaign of 1945 -- 3. …”


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Finland : between East and West by Mazour, Anatole Gregory, 1900-1982

Table of Contents: “…Finland and the provisional government -- The Declaration of Finnish Independence -- The civil war -- Lessons communism learned -- Toying with monarchy -- Part four : The establishment of the republic. …”


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Europe, 1715-1919 : from enlightenment to world war by Elson Roessler, Shirley, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Appendix -- 1: Spirit of laws / Baron Charles de Secondat de Motesquieu -- 2: Essay on crimes and punishments / Cesare Beccaria -- 3: Inquiry into the nature and the causes of the wealth of nations / Adam Smith -- 4: Vindication of the rights of women / Mary Wollstonecraft -- 5: Frederich the Great, address to his generals and staff officers -- 6: Maria Theresa, letter to her son regarding the partition of Poland -- 7: George III, letter to Lord North on the necessity of subduing the American colonies -- 8: Viscount Noailles, speech to the National Assembly -- 9: Revolutionary calendar -- 10: Madame de Remusat, commenting on attitudes toward Napoleon Bonaparte -- 11: Testimony given before the Ashley Mines Commission -- 12: Proclamation of independence issued by the Greek National Assembly -- 13: Manifesto of the Communist Party / Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels -- 14: People's charter of 1842 -- 15: Decrees issued by the French provisional government -- 16: Congress of labor leaders issue a socialist program at Gotha in 1875 -- 17: Herbert Spencer, unimpeded struggle is a requisite for progress -- 18: Victor Emmanuel, address at the opening session of Italian Parliament -- 19: Ems telegram -- 20: Alexander II, on the emancipation of the Russian serfs -- 21: Letter from the "executive committee of the will of the people" to Tsar Alexander III -- 22: Austrian ultimatum to Serbia -- 23: Prince Regent Alexander of Serbia, telegram to Tsar Nicholas -- 24: Private Donald Fraser, journal -- 25: Woodrow Wilson, "speech on the fourteen points" -- 26: Vladimir Lenin, rebuttal to opponents of insurrection -- 27: Treaty of Versailles -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the authors.…”


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Revolution! : writings from Russia, 1917

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Pete Ayrton -- 'The Deciding Night', from My Life / Leon Trotsky -- 'The Fall of the Provisional Government', from Ten Days that Shook the World / John Reed -- 'Odds and Ends of Revolution', from Six Red months in Russia / Louise Bryant -- 'An Ex-Capitalist' & 'A Theorist of Revolution', from Six Weeks in Russia in 1919 / Arthur Ransome -- 'Perhaps it is for the best', from Memoirs of a British Agent / Robert Bruce Lockhart -- 'Alone in Petrograd', from The Russian Countess / Edith Sollohub -- 'Blockade', from Story of a Life: Years of Hope / Konstantin Paustovsky -- 'Chapaev', from Chapaev / Dmitry Furmanov -- 'Family Man' / Mikhail Sholokhov -- 'Mr Harrington's Washing', from Ashenden: Or the British Agent / Somerset Maugham -- 'Rasputin', from Rasputin and Other Ironies & 'They got her to scrub the deck!'…”


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