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Valerie A. Kivelson - Russia´s Empires - 9780199924394 - V9780199924394
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Russia´s Empires

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Combining the talents and expert knowledge of an early modern historian of Russia and of a Soviet specialist, Russia's Empires is the first major study of the entire sweep of Russian history from its earliest formations to the rule of Vladimir Putin. Looking through the lens of empire, which the authors conceptualize as a state based on institutionalized differentiation, inequitable hierarchy, and bonds of reciprocity between ruler and ruled, Kivelson and Suny displace the centrality of nation and nationalism in the Russian and Soviet story. Yet their work demonstrates how imperial polities were key to the creation ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
644g
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199924394
SKU
V9780199924394
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About Valerie A. Kivelson
Valerie Kivelson is Valerie Kivelson (PhD Stanford University) teaches at the University of Michigan, where she is Thomas N. Tentler Collegiate Professor and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of History. Her publications include Desperate Magic: The Moral Economy of Witchcraft in Seventeenth-Century Russia (2013); and Cartographies of Tsardom: The Land and Its Meanings in Seventeenth-Century Russia (2006). She is ... Read more

Reviews for Russia´s Empires
Original, engaging, authoritative, and beautifully illustrated - no other short survey engages Russia's remarkable history of diversity as fully and effectively as Russia's Empires. This should become the field's go-to text for college courses. An impressive achievement. - Willard Sunderland, University of Cincinnati Russia's Empires provides an elegant, stimulating and comprehensive account of Russian history, placing the ... Read more

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