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But edmund wilsons history of socialism, to the finland station, proved to be anything but dull its electrifying. Finland station was built by finnish state railways as the eastern terminus of the. Edmund wilsons magnum opus, to the finland station, is a stirring account of revolutionary politics, people, and ideas from the french revolution through the paris commune to the. The fall of moscow station booktrack edition audiobook. Because it makes marxist theory, aims and tactics intelligible to any literate nonmarxist mind. Listen to online radio webradio netradio fm and am station webtv policescaner. We recommend booking statue of lenin at finland station finlyandskiy vokzal tours ahead of time to secure your spot. To the finland station is a sympathetic history of revolutionary socialist thought from the french revolution to the moment in 1917 when lenin arrived at the finlyandsky rail terminal in st. The sub title indicates the scope of this acute and well ordered study of revolution, in theory and in action. Lenin arrived at finland station 100 years ago today, reshaping bolshevik strategy and the course of the russian revolution. Edmund wilsons to the finland station is the plutarchs lives of historys bravest liberals, also the history of socialist economic theory. Upon its publication in 1940, time magazine immediately recognized wilsons intellectual history. To the finland station society for us intellectual history.

Top 10 books about the russian revolution books the guardian. Edmund wilsons to the finland station is intellectual history on a grand scale, full of romance, idealism, intrigue, and conspiracy, that traces the revolutionary ideas that shaped the modern world from the french revolution up through lenins arrival at finland station in st. Plenty of ordinary russians do, of course, buy summer homes in finland. To the finland station edmund wilson 18951972 is widely regarded as the preeminent american man of letters of the twentieth century. Easytoimplement classroom lessons from the worlds premier educational system. In the end, finland lost a tenth of its territory, including an arctic port, ceded to the soviet union.

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