Product details
ISBN
9780582489783
Published
1992-11-02
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd; Longman
Weight
740 gr
Height
234 mm
Width
156 mm
Age
G, E, P, 01, 04, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
400
Author
"an account which ingeniously contrives to be authoritative but never lapidary, thought-provoking but not iconoclastic...an 'instant classic' "Slavonica
This eagerly awaited study of Russia under Alexander I, Nicholas I and Alexander II -- the Russia of War and Peace and Anna Karenina -- brings the series near to completion. David Saunders examines Russia's failure to adapt to the era of reform and democracy ushered into the rest of Europe by the French Revolution. Why, despite so much effort, did it fail? This is a superb book, both as a portrait of an age and as a piece of sustained historical analysis.
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The Russian Empire in the 19th century was a land of extremes, extremes that were too great to be reconciled. This text examines the reasons why compromise was so difficult.
1.The enigmatic Tsar, his friends, and his inheritance. 2. Russia and the Napoleonic wars; constitutions, congresses and classes under Alexander I. 3. The Decembrist Movement. 4. The administrative and social policy of Nicholas I. 5. The emergence of the Russian intelligentsia; the Russian bear. 6. The politics of emancipation; in the wake of emancipation. 7. Russia and Europe; populism.
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Product details
ISBN
9780582489783
Published
1992-11-02
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd; Longman
Weight
740 gr
Height
234 mm
Width
156 mm
Age
G, E, P, 01, 04, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
400
Author