Imperial Russia
Subtitle: New Histories for the Empire (Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies)
Contributors: Jane Burbank (Editor); David L. Ransel (Editor)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: November 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780253212412
Subjects: Cultural studies; European history: c 1500 to c 1750; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Social history; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; History - General History; History: World; Russia; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; 1801-1917; 18th century; 19th century; History
First sentence: WHILE MANY SCHOLARS of the Petrine era have sensibly resolved either to avoid the hackneyed debate over continuity or change altogether or to adopt a measured middle ground that allows elements of each, the problem still shapes discussions of the eighteenth century, often in unacknowledged ways.