Title: A world of empires
Description: Edyta Bojanowska uses Ivan Goncharov's gripping travelogue--a bestseller in nineteenth-century Russia--as a unique eyewitness account of empire in action. Slow to be integrated into the standard narrative on European imperialism, Russia emerges here as an assertive empire eager to emulate European powers and determined to define Russia against them.--
Subjects: Pallada (Ship), Voyages and travels, Criticism and interpretation, Foreign relations, Goncharov, ivan aleksandrovic, 1812-1891, Russia (federation), foreign relations, Diplomatic relations, Expedition, Pallada, Fregat "Pallada" (Goncharov, Ivan Aleksandrovich)
Places: Russia
People: Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov (1812-1891)
Time periods: 1801-1917