Prince George E. L'vov : the Zemstvo, civil society, and liberalism in late imperial Russia / Thomas Earl Porter, with Lawrence W. Lerner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Porter, Thomas Earl, author.

Lerner, Lawrence W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lʹvov, Georgiĭ Evgenʹevich, kni︠a︡zʹ, 1861-1925.

Lʹvov, Georgiĭ Evgenʹevich.

Lʹvov, Georgiĭ Evgenʹevich, kni͡azʹ, 1861-1925.

Politicians--Russia--Biography.

Politicians.

Civil society.

History.

Liberalism.

Zemstvos.

Russia.

Russia--Politics and government--1894-1917.

Politics and government.

Zemstvos--History.

Liberalism--Russia--History.

Civil society--Russia--History.

Russia--History--Nicholas II, 1894-1917.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 257 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2017]

Summary:

"This book provides a political biography of Prince George E. L'vov, the first prime minister of Russia after the fall of the Romanovs. The author uses the career of Prince L'vov to examine the development of liberalism and the advent of a civil society in late Imperial Russia."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Zemstvo and Russian liberalism

The "small, victorious war" and the first Russian Revolution

Russia's "forgotten decade": the Zemstvo, politics, and the emergence of civil society

Russia's liberal experiment

Russian liberalism in crisis

The Zemstvo and liberalism in Russia's Great War

The failure of Russian liberalism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Porter, Thomas Earl, author. Prince George E. L'vov

ISBN:

9781498518673

1498518672

OCLC:

994287531