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Russia under western eyes : from the Bronze Horseman to the Lenin Mausoleum / Martin MAlia.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Malia, Martin E. (Martin Edward)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Russia--History.
- Russia.
- Russia--Civilization.
- Soviet Union--Civilization.
- Soviet Union.
- Russia--Foreign public opinion.
- Soviet Union--Foreign public opinion.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 514 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-482) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-674-04048-1
- 0-674-78120-1
- OCLC:
- 923111560
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