Rex A. Wade
Encyclopedia
Rex A. Wade is an American historian
and author who has written extensively about the 1917 Russian Revolution. He has taught courses in Russian and Soviet history at George Mason University
since 1986.
from 1968-86, and as visiting professor at the University of North Carolina
, University of Nebraska, and Portland State University
, before joining the George Mason faculty in 1986.
Wade has authored numerous books on the subject of the 1917 February
and October revolution
s, among which include: The Russian Search for Peace, 1917 (1969); Red Guards and Workers' Militias in the Russian Revolution (1984); The Russian Revolution, 1917 (2000); The Bolshevik Revolution and Russian Civil War (2001). He co-edited Politics and Society in Provincial Russia: Saratov, 1590-1917 (1989), and edited Documents of Soviet History (Vol. I, 1991; Vol. II, 1992, Vol. III, 1994). He is currently writing The Long Revolution: Russia 1880-1930, due to be released in 2012.
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
and author who has written extensively about the 1917 Russian Revolution. He has taught courses in Russian and Soviet history at George Mason University
George Mason University
George Mason University is a public university based in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the city of Fairfax. Additional campuses are located nearby in Arlington County, Prince William County, and Loudoun County...
since 1986.
Career
Born in the 1930s, Wade taught at Wisconsin State University, LaCrosse from 1963-68, the University of HawaiiUniversity of Hawaii
The University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment...
from 1968-86, and as visiting professor at the University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Chartered in 1789, the University of North Carolina was one of the first public universities in the United States and the only one to graduate students in the eighteenth century...
, University of Nebraska, and Portland State University
Portland State University
Portland State University is a public state urban university located in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1946, it has the largest overall enrollment of any university in the state of Oregon, including undergraduate and graduate students. It is also the only public university in...
, before joining the George Mason faculty in 1986.
Wade has authored numerous books on the subject of the 1917 February
February Revolution
The February Revolution of 1917 was the first of two revolutions in Russia in 1917. Centered around the then capital Petrograd in March . Its immediate result was the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II, the end of the Romanov dynasty, and the end of the Russian Empire...
and October revolution
October Revolution
The October Revolution , also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution , Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917...
s, among which include: The Russian Search for Peace, 1917 (1969); Red Guards and Workers' Militias in the Russian Revolution (1984); The Russian Revolution, 1917 (2000); The Bolshevik Revolution and Russian Civil War (2001). He co-edited Politics and Society in Provincial Russia: Saratov, 1590-1917 (1989), and edited Documents of Soviet History (Vol. I, 1991; Vol. II, 1992, Vol. III, 1994). He is currently writing The Long Revolution: Russia 1880-1930, due to be released in 2012.