Voluntary Associations in Tsarist Russia : : Science, Patriotism, and Civil Society / / Joseph Bradley.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Bradley, Joseph,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Illustrations --; Introduction. Russian Associations --; 1. European Societies and the State. Russia in Comparative Perspective --; 2. The Application of Science. The Free Economic Society and the Moscow Agricultural Society --; 3. The Quest for National Identity The Russian Geographical Society --; 4. Patriotism and Useful Knowledge The Society of Friends of Natural History --; 5. Government and the Public Trust The Russian Technical Society and Education for Industry --; 6. Advocacy in the Public Sphere Scientific Congresses --; Conclusion. An Unstable Partnership --; List of Abbreviations --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674053601; 9783110442205; 9783110459517; 9783110662566
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674053601
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Joseph Bradley.

On the eve of World War I, Russia, not known as a nation of joiners, had thousands of voluntary associations. Joseph Bradley examines the crucial role of voluntary associations in the development of civil society in Russia from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century.