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Russia of the Tsars / Peter Waldron.

Title
Russia of the Tsars / Peter Waldron.
Author
Waldron, Peter, 1956-
Publication
London : Thames & Hudson, 2011.

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Description
144 pages : illustrations, maps; 21 cm. +
Summary
Peter Waldron tells the stories of all the Russians, exploring the vast expanses of the empire and the lives of the rural peasants, describing the ways in which Russia took on, or rejected, Western influences, and recounting how the empire was built and maintained.
Series Statement
Thames & Hudson history files
Uniform Title
History files.
Subject
  • Romanov, House of > History
  • Romanov, House of
  • 1613 - 1917
  • Russia > History > 1613-1917
  • Russia
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • Includes facsimile documents in pocket.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Peter the Great and the Westernization of Russia -- Russia's rural world -- The Tsars triumphant, 1750-1850 -- Building an empire -- Reform and reaction, 1850-1900 -- The flowering of Russian culture -- The end of Tsarism.
ISBN
  • 9780500289297
  • 0500289298
LCCN
^^2010936781
OCLC
  • 668194641
  • SCSB-10909218
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library