Russia under Western Eyes : : From the Bronze Horseman to the Lenin Mausoleum / / Martin E Malia.

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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]
©1999
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (528 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Prologue: In Scythia --
Introduction: The Russian Riddle --
1 Russia as Enlightened Despotism: 1700-1815 --
2 Russia as Oriental Despotism: 1815-1855 --
3 Russia as Europe Regained: 1855-1914 --
4 War and Revolution: 1914-1917 --
5 Through the Soviet-Russian Looking-Glass, and What the West Found There: 1917-1991 --
Conclusion --
Notes --
Acknowledgments --
Index
Summary: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.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780674040489
9783110442212
DOI:10.4159/9780674040489?locatt=mode:legacy
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Martin E Malia.