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Politics and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Russia : Collected Essays by Isabel de Madariaga by Isabel De Madariaga (1998, Trade Paperback)
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This is a collection of thirteen major essays (four never previously published in English, and others not readily available) by one of the most distinguished Western historians of eighteenth-century Russia.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherTaylor & Francis Group
ISBN-100582322553
ISBN-139780582322554
eBay Product ID (ePID)564650
Product Key Features
Number of Pages312 Pages
Publication NamePolitics and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Russia : Collected Essays by Isabel De Madariaga
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1998
SubjectRussia & the Former Soviet Union, General, Europe / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaHistory
AuthorIsabel De Madariaga
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length6.1 in
Item Width9.2 in
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Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN98-018989
IllustratedYes
Table Of ContentPart One: Russian Government and Society. 1. Tsar into Emperor:the title of Peter the Great. 2. Autocracy and Sovereignty. 3. Portrait of an Eighteenth-Century Russian Statesman: Prince Dmitry Mikhaylovich Golitsyn. 4. The Eighteenth-Century Origin of Russian Civil Rights. Part Two: Social and Administrative Problems. 5. Penal Policy in the Age of Catherine II. 6. Catherine and the Serfs: A Reconstruction of Some Problems. 7. Freemasonry in Eighteenth-Century Russian Society. 8. The Foundation of the Russian Educational System by Catherine II. Part Three: Catherine II, Russian society and the world of ideas. 9. Catherine the Great. 10. Catherine and the Philosophes. 11. Catherine and Montesquieu: Between M.M. Shcherbatovand Denis Diderot. 12. The Enlightenment in Russia. 13. The Role of Catherine II in the Literacy Life of Russia. Index.
SynopsisThis is a collection of thirteen major essays on eighteenth-century Russia by one of the most distinguished Western historians. They illustrate and explore three major themes: the development of the Russian state and Russian society, in the years when Russia was changing from a minor power on the European periphery to a major actor on the continental stage; the influence of western ideas and western thought on Russian politics and culture; and the impact of the Enlightenment on Russia. This is a substantial contribution not just to the history of Russia, but to early modern Europe generally., This is a collection of thirteen major essays (four never previously published in English, and others not readily available) by one of the most distinguished Western historians of eighteenth-century Russia. Prefaced by an extensive Introduction they combine to make a closely integrated whole which challenges the conventional view of imperial Russia as a semi-barbaric outsider on the edge of continental Europe. In particular it explores the way Russia absorbed, and participated in, the ideas of the Enlightenment. Themes treated include: Autocracy and Sovereignty; civil rights; serfdom; penal policy; freemasonry; educational reform; Catherine the Great as an enlightened absolutist; and various aspects of the world of ideas during her reign. This is a substantial contribution not just to the history of Russia, but to early modern Europe generally.
LC Classification NumberDK127.D4 1998
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