Voluntary associations in Tsarist Russia
Subtitle: science, patriotism, and civil society
By: Joseph Bradley.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780674032798
Subjects: Associations, institutions, etc. -- Russia -- History.; Civil society -- Russia -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Russian associations; title: European societies and the state : Russia in comparative perspective; title: The application of science : the free economic society and the Moscow agricultural society; title: The quest for national identity : the Russian geographical society; title: Patriotism and useful knowledge : the society of friends of natural history; title: Government and the public trust : the Russian technical society and education for industry; title: Advocacy in the public sphere : scientific cognresses; title: Conclusion : an unstable partnership.