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Russia of the Tsars
Peter Waldron
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Description for Russia of the Tsars
Paperback. Tells the stories of 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: History Files. Num Pages: 144 pages, 133 illustrations, 89 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
The History Files series presents the people, events and ideas that have shaped our world, through the lens of recent research. Each title covers a single topic and is illustrated with telling images from out-of-the-way sources and a collection of facsimile documents, bringing the past to life in an accessible yet authoritative format. 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. He examines ... Read more
The History Files series presents the people, events and ideas that have shaped our world, through the lens of recent research. Each title covers a single topic and is illustrated with telling images from out-of-the-way sources and a collection of facsimile documents, bringing the past to life in an accessible yet authoritative format. 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. He examines ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Condition
New
Series
History Files
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500289297
SKU
9780500289297
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About Peter Waldron
Peter Waldron is Professor of Modern History at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of The End of Imperial Russia (1997) and Governing Tsarist Russia (2007).
Reviews for Russia of the Tsars
'Combines the high production values associated with Thames & Hudson with the impressive text to be expected from a leading specialist on the period' - The Historical Association 'It's not just that it's so attractively illustrated, or so profusely ... It's the number of arrestingly unfamiliar illustrations - including early examples of colour photography' - Scotsman