Research Catalog

Title

The Imperial Russian Project : autocratic politics, economic development, and social fragmentation / Alfred J. Rieber.

Author

Rieber, Alfred J.

Publication

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]

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Details

Description

xix, 501 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

"A pioneer in the field of Russian and Soviet studies in the West, Alfred J. Rieber's five decade career has focused on increasing our understanding of the Russian Empire from Peter the Great to the coming of the First World War. The Imperial Russian Project is a collection of Rieber's lifetime of work, focusing on three interconnected themes of this time period: the role of reform in the process of state building, the interaction of state and social movements, and alternative visions of economic development. This volume contains Rieber's previously published, classic essays, edited and updated, as well as newly written works that together provide a well-integrated framework for reflection on this topic. Rieber argues that Russia's style of autocratic governance not only reflected the personalities of the rulers but also the challenges of overcoming economic backwardness in a society lacking common citizenship and a cohesive ruling class. The Imperial Russian Project reveals how during the nineteenth century the tsar was obliged to operate within a changing and more complex world, reducing his options and restricting his freedom of action."--

Subject

• 1801-1917
• Russia > History > 1801-1917
• Russia > Politics and government > 1801-1917
• Russia > Economic conditions > 1861-1917
• Russia > Social conditions > 1801-1917
• Russia

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

PART ONE: THE FOUNDATIONS. 1. The Petrine Vision and Its Fate -- PART TWO: CULTURAL TRANSFER, INTEREST GROUPS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. 2. From Aufklärung to Romantic Idealism -- 3. The Biogenetic Model and the Slavophil Entrepreneurs -- 4. The Moscow Entrepreneurial Group -- 5. The Engineers -- 6. The Economists -- 7. Origin of the Reutern System -- 8. The Reutern System in Operation -- 9. Patronage and Professionalism: The Witte System -- PART THREE: SOCIAL STRUCTURES IN A DIVIDED POLITY. 10. Social Identity and Political Will: The Russian Nobility from Peter I, "The Great," to 1861 -- 11. The Sedimentary Society -- 12. Social and Political Fragmentation in Imperial Russia on the Eve of the First World War.

Call Number

JFE 18-3245

ISBN

• 9781487500511
• 1487500513
• 1487520387
• 9781487520380

OCLC

981116324

Author

Rieber, Alfred J.

Title

The Imperial Russian Project : autocratic politics, economic development, and social fragmentation / Alfred J. Rieber.

Publisher

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1801-1917

Research Call Number

JFE 18-3245