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The Cambridge History of Russia

Volume 2. Imperial Russia, 1689–1917

Part of The Cambridge History of Russia

  • Editor: Dominic Lieven, London School of Economics and Political Science
Dominic Lieven, Theodore Weeks, Mark Bassin, Lindsey Hughes, Gary M. Hamburg, Alexander M. Martin, Timothy Snyder, Elise Kimerling Wirtschafter, Catherine Evtuhov, Gregory L. Freeze, Barbara Alpern Engel, Michelle Lamarche Marrese, Jorg Baberowski, David Moon, Boris Ananich, Zhand P. Shakibi, Janet Hartley, Peter Waldron, Paul Bushkovitch, Hugh Ragsdale, William C. Fuller Jr, David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Nikolai Afonin, Larisa Zakharova, Reginald Zelnik, Jonathan Daly, Eric Lohr
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  • Date Published: March 2015
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9781107639416

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  • 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.

    • Most comprehensive and authoritative single-volume history of imperial Russia in existence
    • Unique coverage of imperial Russia, encompassing social, political, economic, cultural, diplomatic, and military history
    • Second volume in the new three-volume Cambridge History of Russia
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    'This book has been published at a time when interest in the Russian state and its society is highly likely to grow owing to the recent series of events relating to Russia's more independent stand in the international arena. The volume will, no doubt, meet the demands of the next generation of scholars for up-to-date views and interpretations of imperial Russia. I recommend this book without reservation, to both academics and students of Russian history.' A. A. Fedorov, University of Derby

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    • Date Published: March 2015
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9781107639416
    • length: 806 pages
    • dimensions: 230 x 153 x 50 mm
    • weight: 1.25kg
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    Introduction Dominic Lieven
    Part I. Empire:
    1. Russia as empire and periphery Dominic Lieven
    2. Managing Empire: Tsarist nationalities policy Theodore Weeks
    3. Geographies of imperial identity Mark Bassin
    Part II. Culture, Ideas, Identities:
    4. Russian culture in the eighteenth century Lindsey Hughes
    5. Russian culture:
    1801–1917 Rosamund Bartlett
    6. Russian political thought:
    1700–1917 Gary M. Hamburg
    7. Russia and the legacy of 1812 Alexander M. Martin
    Part III. Non-Russian Nationalities:
    8. Ukrainians and Poles Timothy Snyder
    9. Jews Benjamin Nathans
    10. Islam in the Russian Empire Vladimir Bobrovnikov
    Part IV. Russian Society, Law and Economy:
    11. The elites Dominic Lieven
    12. The groups between: Raznochintsy, intelligentsia, professionals Elise Kimerling Wirtschafter
    13. Nizhnii Novgorod in the nineteenth century: portrait of a city Catherine Evtuhov
    14. Russian orthodoxy: church, people and politics in Imperial Russia Gregory L. Freeze
    15. Women, the family and public life Barbara Alpern Engel
    16. Gender and the legal order in Imperial Russia Michelle Lamarche Marrese
    17. Law, the judicial system and the legal profession Jorg Baberowski
    18. Peasants and agriculture David Moon
    19. The Russian economy and Banking System Boris Ananich
    Part V. Government:
    20. Central government in the Russian Empire Zhand P. Shakibi
    21. Provincial and local government Janet Hartley
    22. State Finances Peter Waldron
    Part VI. Foreign Policy and the Armed Forces:
    23. Peter the Great and the Northern War Paul Bushkovitch
    24. Russian foreign policy, 1725–1815 Hugh Ragsdale
    25. The Imperial Army William C. Fuller Jr
    26. Russian foreign policy, 1815–1917 David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye
    27. The Russian navy at the turn of the twentieth century: imperialism, technology and class war Nikolai Afonin
    Part VII. Reform, War and Revolution:
    28. The reign of Alexander II: a watershed? Larisa Zakharova
    29. Russian workers and revolution Reginald Zelnik
    30. Police and revolution Jonathan Daly
    31. War and revolution, 1914–17 Eric Lohr.

  • Editor

    Dominic Lieven, London School of Economics and Political Science
    Dominic Lieven is Professor of Russian Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His books include Russia's Rulers under the Old Regime (1989) and Empire: The Russian Empire and its Rivals (2000).

    Contributors

    Dominic Lieven, Theodore Weeks, Mark Bassin, Lindsey Hughes, Gary M. Hamburg, Alexander M. Martin, Timothy Snyder, Elise Kimerling Wirtschafter, Catherine Evtuhov, Gregory L. Freeze, Barbara Alpern Engel, Michelle Lamarche Marrese, Jorg Baberowski, David Moon, Boris Ananich, Zhand P. Shakibi, Janet Hartley, Peter Waldron, Paul Bushkovitch, Hugh Ragsdale, William C. Fuller Jr, David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Nikolai Afonin, Larisa Zakharova, Reginald Zelnik, Jonathan Daly, Eric Lohr

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