UID:
almafu_9960963276402883
Format:
1 online resource (501 pages) :
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illustrations, tables, maps
ISBN:
1-4875-1121-3
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1-4875-1120-5
Content:
A pioneer in the field of Russian and Soviet studies in the West, Alfred J. Rieber’s five decade career has focused on increasing our understanding of the Russian Empire from Peter the Great to the coming of the First World War. The Imperial Russian Project is a collection of Rieber’s lifetime of work, focusing on three interconnected themes of this time period: the role of reform in the process of state building, the interaction of state and social movements, and alternative visions of economic development. This volume contains Rieber’s previously published, classic essays, edited and updated, as well as newly written works that together provide a well-integrated framework for reflection on this topic. Rieber argues that Russia’s style of autocratic governance not only reflected the personalities of the rulers but also the challenges of overcoming economic backwardness in a society lacking common citizenship and a cohesive ruling class. The Imperial Russian Project reveals how during the nineteenth century the tsar was obliged to operate within a changing and more complex world, reducing his options and restricting his freedom of action.
Note:
Includes index.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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List of Tables, Figures, and Maps --
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Foreword /
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Preface and Acknowledgments --
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Abbreviations --
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Introduction --
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Part One: The Foundations --
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1. The Petrine Vision and Its Fate --
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Part Two: Cultural Transfer, Interest Groups, and Economic Growth --
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2. From Aufklärung to Romantic Idealism --
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3. The Biogenetic Model and the Slavophil Entrepreneurs --
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4. The Moscow Entrepreneurial Group --
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5. The Engineers --
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6. The Economists --
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7. Origins of the Reutern System --
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8. The Reutern System in Operation --
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9. Patronage and Professionalism: The Witte System --
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Part Three: Social Structures in a Divided Polity --
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10. Social Identity and Political Will: The Russian Nobility from Peter I, “The Great,” to 1861 --
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11. The Sedimentary Society --
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12. Social and Political Fragmentation in Imperial Russia on the Eve of the First World War --
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Notes --
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Index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4875-0051-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4875-2038-7
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.3138/9781487511203
