The Reforms of Peter the Great Progress Through Violence in Russia |
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| Author:
| Anisimov, Evgenii V.
Alexander, J. T. |
| Series title: | The New Russian History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-56324-047-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1993 |
| Publisher: | M. E. Sharpe Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $138.95 |
Book Description:
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This psychologically penetrating revisionist account of the life and rule of Rusia's 18th-century Tsar-reformer develops an important theme - that is, what happens when the drive for "progress" is linked to an autocratic, expansionist impulse rather than to a larger goal of human emancipation? And, what has been the price of power - both for Peter and for Russia?
This psychologically penetrating revisionist account of the life and rule of Rusia's 18th-century Tsar-reformer develops an important theme - that is, what happens when the drive for "progress" is linked to an autocratic, expansionist impulse rather than to a larger goal of human emancipation? And, what has been the price of power - both for Peter and for Russia?