Format:
1 online resource (458 pages)
ISBN:
9780199874309
Series Statement:
Oxford Lives Ser.
Content:
The first popular biography of Catherine the Great based on contemporary scholarship, Alexander's volume provides a vivid portrait of Catherine as an extremely savvy ruler. Concentrating on her long reign (1762-96), he examines all aspects of Catherine's life and career, including her brilliant political strategies which won her the acceptance of a nationalistic elite, her expansive foreign policy, the domestic reforms she used to revamp the Russian military, political structure, and economy, and, of course, her infamous love life. The result of twenty years' research by one of America's leading narrative historians of modern Russia, this truly impressive work offers a much-needed, balanced reappraisal of one of history's most scandal-ridden figures.
Content:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Part I. Catherine's Youth and Her Accession to the Throne -- 1. Catherine's Coup d'etat -- 2. The Education of a Russian Empress (1729-1762) -- 3. Coronation, Consolidation, Challenges -- Part II. The Crises of Mid-Life -- 4. Crisis Renewed: The Volga Voyage and the Legislative Commission -- 5. Foreign Policy and War, Poland and Turkey -- 6. Pox, Pestilence, and Crisis in Public Health -- 7. Plots, Pretenders, Pugachevshchina -- 8. "Legislomania": Reactions to Crisis -- Part III. An Aging Empress -- 9. Nymphomania? Favorites and Favoritism -- 10. Succession Concerns and Southern Vistas -- 11. Wars, War Scares, and European Revolution -- 12. Spring Surprises, Autumn Anxieties -- Epilogue: The Legend of Catherine the Great -- Appendix: Catherine's Love Notes to Peter Zavadovskii, 1776-77 -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Cast of Characters -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780195061628
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780195061628
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=716663
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