The reforms of Peter the Great: progress through coercion in Russia

This exciting and psychologically penetrating account of the life and rule of Russia's eighteenth-century tsar-reformer develops an important theme. What happens when the drive for "progress" is linked to an autocratic, expansionist impulse rather than a larger goal of human emancipat...

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Main Author: Anisimov, Evgenij Viktorovič 1947- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Russian
Published: Armonk, NY u.a. Sharpe 1993
Series:The new Russian history
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Summary:This exciting and psychologically penetrating account of the life and rule of Russia's eighteenth-century tsar-reformer develops an important theme. What happens when the drive for "progress" is linked to an autocratic, expansionist impulse rather than a larger goal of human emancipation? What was the price of power - for Russia, and for Peter himself? Evgenii V. Anisimov's provocative history of Peter thus asks important questions with special resonance today.
Item Description:Aus dem Russ. übers.
Physical Description:XI, 327 S. Ill., Kt.
ISBN:1563240475
1563240483

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