UID:
almafu_9960112621902883
Format:
1 online resource (528 p.)
ISBN:
9780674040489
Content:
A dazzling work of intellectual history by a world-renowned scholar, spanning the years from Peter the Great to the fall of the Soviet Union, this book gives us a clear and sweeping view of Russia not as an eternal barbarian menace but as an outermost, if laggard, member in the continuum of European nations.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Prologue: In Scythia --
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Introduction: The Russian Riddle --
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1 Russia as Enlightened Despotism: 1700–1815 --
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2 Russia as Oriental Despotism: 1815–1855 --
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3 Russia as Europe Regained: 1855–1914 --
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4 War and Revolution: 1914–1917 --
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5 Through the Soviet-Russian Looking-Glass, and What the West Found There: 1917–1991 --
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Conclusion --
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Notes --
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Acknowledgments --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/9780674040489
URL:
Co-access DOI click Walter de Gruyter
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674040489
URL:
Co-access DOI click Walter de Gruyter
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674040489