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Russia in the modern world : a new geography / Denis J.B. Shaw.
Van Pelt Library DK510.28 .S49 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shaw, Denis J. B.
- Series:
- IBG studies in geography
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historical geography.
- Russia (Federation)--Historical geography.
- Russia (Federation).
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 314 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, 1999.
- Summary:
- This book presents a geographical analysis of the new Russia which has emerged from the ruins of the Soviet Union since 1991. The author provides the reader with a comprehensive analysis of the new state. Topics examined include: the origins and rise of the Russian state and the heritage of the Soviet period; environmental background and present-day ecological problems; Russia as a federal state and problems of ethnicity and national identity; the changing industrial face of Russia; problems of rural life; the post-Soviet city; Russia and its regions; relations with the Near Abroad, Russia and the wider world.
- Notes:
- "Series is published by Blackwell Publishers on behalf of the Institute of British Geographers"--Ser. t.p.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-307) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0631179038
- 0631181342
- OCLC:
- 40453059
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