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

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

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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.

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Bradley, Joseph,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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