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Russia in Motion: Cultures of Human Mobility since 1850
Eugene M. Avrutin
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Description for Russia in Motion: Cultures of Human Mobility since 1850
Hardback. A long view of human movement throughout Russia Editor(s): Randolph, John; Avrutin, Eugene M. Series: Studies of World Migrations. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 charts. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
Since its rapid imperial expansion in the seventeenth century, Russia's politics, society, and culture have exerted a profound influence on movement throughout Eurasia. The circulation of people, information, and things across Russian space transformed populations, restructured collective and individual identities, and created enduring legacies. This volume represents the latest discoveries of scholars attempting to rediscover this experience, and to understand its lasting meaning for today. These gathered essays tell a broad range of stories, involving a remarkable cross-section of historical actors: imperial visionaries, stage-coach entrepreneurs, religious pilgrims, tourists, disability activists and metropolitan police, among others. The book illuminates three major themes: ... Read more
Since its rapid imperial expansion in the seventeenth century, Russia's politics, society, and culture have exerted a profound influence on movement throughout Eurasia. The circulation of people, information, and things across Russian space transformed populations, restructured collective and individual identities, and created enduring legacies. This volume represents the latest discoveries of scholars attempting to rediscover this experience, and to understand its lasting meaning for today. These gathered essays tell a broad range of stories, involving a remarkable cross-section of historical actors: imperial visionaries, stage-coach entrepreneurs, religious pilgrims, tourists, disability activists and metropolitan police, among others. The book illuminates three major themes: ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Studies of World Migrations
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252037030
SKU
V9780252037030
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About Eugene M. Avrutin
John Randolph is an associate professor of history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Eugene M. Avrutin is an assistant professor of modern European Jewish history and Tobor Family Scholar in the Program of Jewish Culture and Society at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Reviews for Russia in Motion: Cultures of Human Mobility since 1850
"Highly recommended. Randolph and Avrutin have done much to place mobility into the mainstream of Russian historiography."
The Russian Review “An important contribution to Russian history.”
Revolutionary Russia "A meritorious contribution."
Journal of Transport History "This is an absorbing collection of essays that will repay reading by historians and social scientists. . . . A good introduction to the latest scholarship on the ... Read more
The Russian Review “An important contribution to Russian history.”
Revolutionary Russia "A meritorious contribution."
Journal of Transport History "This is an absorbing collection of essays that will repay reading by historians and social scientists. . . . A good introduction to the latest scholarship on the ... Read more