Alistair Dickins
Biographic Data
| ID | 3765986 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alistair Dickins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alistair |
| FAMILY NAME | Dickins |
| SIGNATURE | DICKINS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Spaces of Revolution: The Spatial Tactics of Urban Socialism in a Siberian City, c. 1895–1905
This article investigates the changing uses of urban space by socialists in the Siberian city of Krasnoiarsk between 1895 and 1905. Drawing on the memoirs of participants and contemporary police and newspaper reports, it reveals a shift in the ‘spatial tactics’ used by socialists, from clandestine ‘circles’ towards open gatherings and protests. These open actions constituted a key part of local revolutionary events in the summer and autumn of 190…
A Revolutionary Locality in a Revolutionary State: The Changing Geography of Power in Central Siberia, March-October 1917
This article examines the attempts of revolutionaries in the central Siberian city of Krasnoiarsk to transform the ‘geography of power’ by extending local autonomy within the context of the wider revolutionary state. It examines their efforts to do so through local challenges to the central appointment of a regional commissar (gubernskii komissar), the re-election of the municipal Duma, and the establishment of unions of local soviets across Enis…
Local studies of revolutionary Russia: Towards a third wave
Since they began in earnest some 40 years ago, local case studies have established themselves as some of the most vibrant and important pieces of English-language scholarship on the Russian revolut
Geoffrey Swain, A Short History of the Russian Revolution
A revolution in March: The overthrow of tsarism in Krasnoiarsk
One of the outstanding features of the overthrow of tsarism was its comprehensive nature. Within weeks of the Petrograd uprising in late February, tsarist authorities were deposed across the whole Russian empire. This article examines how revolution was achieved in a key Siberian locality, Krasnoiarsk, focussing especially on the organizational structures which were used to mobilize local actors against the old regime. Drawing on previously untap…
Scripting Revolution: A Historical Approach to the Comparative Study of Revolutions
It is not often that sweeping new models of scholarly investigation are proposed. Whenever they are, they must be taken seriously, with an open but critical mind. Keith Michael Baker and Dan Edelst
A Spy in the Archives: A Memoir of Cold War Russia
Sheila Fitzpatrick is a veritable giant of her profession, author of numerous books and articles on revolutionary Russia and a catalyst for debate and revision throughout her career. Her most recen
A Spy in the Archives: A Memoir of Cold War Russia
Sheila Fitzpatrick is a veritable giant of her profession, author of numerous books and articles on revolutionary Russia and a catalyst for debate and revision throughout her career. Her most recen
A Spy in the Archives: A Memoir of Cold War Russia
Sheila Fitzpatrick is a veritable giant of her profession, author of numerous books and articles on revolutionary Russia and a catalyst for debate and revision throughout her career. Her most recen
Scripting Revolution: A Historical Approach to the Comparative Study of Revolutions
It is not often that sweeping new models of scholarly investigation are proposed. Whenever they are, they must be taken seriously, with an open but critical mind. Keith Michael Baker and Dan Edelst
Geoffrey Swain, A Short History of the Russian Revolution
A revolution in March: The overthrow of tsarism in Krasnoiarsk
One of the outstanding features of the overthrow of tsarism was its comprehensive nature. Within weeks of the Petrograd uprising in late February, tsarist authorities were deposed across the whole Russian empire. This article examines how revolution was achieved in a key Siberian locality, Krasnoiarsk, focussing especially on the organizational structures which were used to mobilize local actors against the old regime. Drawing on previously untap…
Local studies of revolutionary Russia: Towards a third wave
Since they began in earnest some 40 years ago, local case studies have established themselves as some of the most vibrant and important pieces of English-language scholarship on the Russian revolut
A Revolutionary Locality in a Revolutionary State: The Changing Geography of Power in Central Siberia, March-October 1917
This article examines the attempts of revolutionaries in the central Siberian city of Krasnoiarsk to transform the ‘geography of power’ by extending local autonomy within the context of the wider revolutionary state. It examines their efforts to do so through local challenges to the central appointment of a regional commissar (gubernskii komissar), the re-election of the municipal Duma, and the establishment of unions of local soviets across Enis…
Spaces of Revolution: The Spatial Tactics of Urban Socialism in a Siberian City, c. 1895–1905
This article investigates the changing uses of urban space by socialists in the Siberian city of Krasnoiarsk between 1895 and 1905. Drawing on the memoirs of participants and contemporary police and newspaper reports, it reveals a shift in the ‘spatial tactics’ used by socialists, from clandestine ‘circles’ towards open gatherings and protests. These open actions constituted a key part of local revolutionary events in the summer and autumn of 190…
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