Nobility and Privilege in Late Imperial Russia

By Seymour Becker

Book Overview

The transformation of the Russian nobility between 1861 and 1914 has often been attributed to the anachronistic attitudes of its members and their failure to adapt to social change. Becker challenges this idea of "the decline of the nobility." He argues that the privileged estate responded positively to change and greatly influenced their nation's political and economic destiny.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875805396
• ISBN13: 9780875805399
• Release Date: July 1988
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher