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Voluntary Associations in Tsarist Russia: Science, Patriotism, and Civil Society

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Description for Voluntary Associations in Tsarist Russia: Science, Patriotism, and Civil Society Hardback. On the eve of World War I, Russia, not known as a nation of joiners, had thousands of voluntary associations. This work examines the crucial role of voluntary associations in the development of civil society in Russia from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JKSN1. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 168 x 244 x 31. Weight in Grams: 714.

On the eve of World War I, Russia, not known as a nation of joiners, had thousands of voluntary associations. Joseph Bradley examines the crucial role of voluntary associations in the development of civil society in Russia from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century.

Russians populated a growing public sphere with societies based on the model of the European enlightenment. Owing to the mission of such learned associations as the Free Economic Society, the Moscow Agricultural Society, and the Russian Geographical Society, civil society became inextricably linked to patriotism and the dissemination of scientific knowledge. Although civil ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674032798
SKU
V9780674032798
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About Joseph Bradley
Joseph Bradley is Professor of History at the University of Tulsa.

Reviews for Voluntary Associations in Tsarist Russia: Science, Patriotism, and Civil Society
This splendid book is lucidly written, shrewdly organized, well researched and forcefully argued. Bradley's contention that voluntary organizations played an indispensable role in the formation of Russian civil society is sound. His exploration of the relationship between voluntary associations and Russia's central government is both intelligent and richly suggestive for historians of Russian political culture. This is a first-rate book ... Read more

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