UID:
almafu_9959695803202883
Format:
1 online resource (xxvii, 765 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-139-05543-7
Content:
The second volume of The Cambridge History of Russia covers the imperial period (1689-1917). It encompasses political, economic, social, cultural, diplomatic, and military history. All the major Russian social groups have separate chapters and the volume also includes surveys on the non-Russian peoples and the government's policies towards them. It addresses themes such as women, law, the Orthodox Church, the police and the revolutionary movement. The volume's seven chapters on diplomatic and military history, and on Russia's evolution as a great power, make it the most detailed study of these issues available in English. The contributors come from the USA, UK, Russia and Germany: most are internationally recognised as leading scholars in their fields, and some emerging younger academics engaged in cutting-edge research have also been included. No other single volume in any language offers so comprehensive, expert and up-to-date an analysis of Russian history in this period.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Nov 2015).
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Introduction /
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Empire --
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Russia as empire and periphery /
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Managing empire: tsarist nationalities policy /
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Geographies of imperial identity /
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Culture, ideas, identities --
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Russian culture in the eighteenth century /
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Russian culture: 1801-1917 /
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Russian political thought, 1700-1917 /
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Russia and the legacy of 1812 /
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Non-Russian nationalities --
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Ukrainians and Poles /
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The Jews /
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Islam in the Russian Empire /
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Russian society, law and economy --
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The elites /
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The groups between: raznochintsy, intelligentsia, professionals /
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Nizhnii Novgorod in the nineteenth century: portrait of a city /
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Russian Orthodoxy: Church, people and politics in Imperial Russia /
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Women, the family and public life /
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Gender and the legal order in Imperial Russia /
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Law, the judicial system and the legal profession /
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Peasants and agriculture /
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The Russian economy and banking system /
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Government --
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Central government /
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Provincial and local government /
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State finances /
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Foreign policy and the armed forces --
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Peter the Great and the Northern War /
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Russian foreign policy, 1725-1815 /
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The imperial army /
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Russian foreign policy: 1815-1917 /
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The navy in 1900: imperialism, technology and class war /
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Reform, war and revolution --
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The reign of Alexander II: a watershed? /
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Russian workers and revolution /
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Police and revolutionaries /
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War and revolution, 1914-1917 /
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-63941-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-81529-0
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521815291
