Russian Monarchy
Richard Wortmann
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Description for Russian Monarchy
Hardback. Series: Imperial Encounters in Russian History. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 680.
Russian Monarchy: Representation and Rule is devoted to studies of the political culture of the Russian monarchy as it influenced aspects of historical development such as law, representations of family, and concepts of nation and empire. The articles show how the narratives described in the author’s two-volume study, Scenarios of Power, guided monarchical rule, shaped the thought patterns not only of the tsar and the imperial family but also of the political and social elite, and set the parameters of compromise that so constrained the policies of imperial Russia.
Russian Monarchy: Representation and Rule is devoted to studies of the political culture of the Russian monarchy as it influenced aspects of historical development such as law, representations of family, and concepts of nation and empire. The articles show how the narratives described in the author’s two-volume study, Scenarios of Power, guided monarchical rule, shaped the thought patterns not only of the tsar and the imperial family but also of the political and social elite, and set the parameters of compromise that so constrained the policies of imperial Russia.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
Series
Imperial Encounters in Russian History
Number of Pages
325
Place of Publication
Brighton, United States
ISBN
9781618112583
SKU
V9781618112583
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99-15
About Richard Wortmann
Richard Wortman (PhD University of Chicago) is James Bryce Professor of History Emeritus at Columbia University, USA. He has also taught at the University of Chicago, USA, where he received his PhD, and at Princeton University, USA. His two-volume study Scenarios of Power: Myth and Ceremony in Russian Monarchy (1995-2000), published by Princeton University Press, is devoted to the role ... Read more
Reviews for Russian Monarchy
“Wortman and the editors are to be commended for bringing together a coherent collection of essays that articulates Wortman’s important ideas on the tsarist monarchy’s public relations strategies and functions in public discourse. It distills Wortman’s deep knowledge of imperial governmental institutions and the great detail of his two-volume study Scenarios of Power into a single accessible volume.”
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