The Emergence of the Modern Russian State, 1855-81

by Peter Waldron and Martin McCauley

Book Overview

This selection of documents - for the most part never before translated into English - traces the process of modernization which took place in Russia between 1856 and 1881. Political, social and economic developments are dealt with in thematic sections and the documents also show the growth of the revolutionary movement and conservative attempts to quell it. The great flowering of Russian literature and art during the quarter-century is also reflected...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333384695
• ISBN13: 9780333384695
• Release Date: February 1988
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"