{"product_id":"a-companion-to-russian-history-paperback-softback-9781118730003","title":"A Companion to Russian History (Paperback \/ softback) 9781118730003","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to Russian History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAbbott Gleason (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118730003, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 27 December 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e566 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.7 x 17.3 x 2.5 cm, 0.862 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"As a companion for a journey across Russian history, this book is entertaining, clever and varied, brilliant at its best, and able to speak simultaneously and with authority to all kinds of students, general readers and specialists. Yet it has an eclectic air about it.\" (\u003ci\u003eSlavonic and East European Review\u003c\/i\u003e, 2 April 2011) \u003cp\u003e\"Read from cover to cover, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Russian History\u003c\/i\u003e will be of enormous value to those who teach survey courses in Russian history, to graduate students preparing for comprehensive exams in Russian history, or simply anyone who wants to get current with trends in the field.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Russian Review\u003c\/i\u003e, 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"...Recommended as an up-to-date and well written guide to many important issues in Russian history, likely to be useful to everyone from senior school pupils to scholars seeking guidance in unfamiliar fields.\" (\u003ci\u003eReviews in History\u003c\/i\u003e, April 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis companion comprises 28 essays by international scholars offering an analytical overview of the development of Russian history from the earliest Slavs through to the present day.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes essays by both prominent and emerging scholars from Russia, Great Britain, the US, and Canada\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnalyzes the entire sweep of Russian history from debates over how to identify the earliest Slavs, through the Yeltsin Era, and future prospects for post-Soviet Russia\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers an extensive review of the medieval period, religion, culture, and the experiences of ordinary people\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a balanced review of both traditional and cutting-edge topics, demonstrating the range and dynamism of the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Russian Historiography after the Fall 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbbott Gleason\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Rus′: The Early East Slavic World 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 From “Proto-Slavs” to Proto-State 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eP. M. Barford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The First East Slavic State 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJanet Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Rus′ and the Byzantine Empire 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Majeska\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Mongols and Rus′: Eight Paradigms 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDonald Ostrowski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II To Muscovy and Beyond 87\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Muscovite Political Culture 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNancy Shields Kollmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Slavery and Serfdom in Russia 105\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Hellie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Russian Art from the Middle Ages to Modernism 121\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIlia A. Dorontchenkov\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(translated by Abbott Gleason)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Church Schism and Old Belief 145\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNadieszda Kizenko\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Russian Empire 163\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Petrine Russia 165\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLindsey Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Westernization of the Elite, 1725–1800 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGary Marker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The “Great Reforms” of the 1860s 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel Field\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Industrialization and Capitalism 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas C. Owen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Question of Civil Society in Late Imperial Russia 225\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher Ely\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Russia: Minorities and Empire 243\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Geraci\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Intelligentsia and its Critics 261\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGary Saul Morson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Russian Modernism 279\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Wachtel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Russia’s Popular Culture in History and Theory 295\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLouise McReynolds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The Russian Experience of the First World War 311\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelissa Stockdale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV The Soviet Union 335\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 From the First World War to Civil War, 1914–1923 337\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark von Hagen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Woman Question in Russia: Contradictions and Ambivalence 353\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth A. Wood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Stalinism and the 1930s 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLynne Viola\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Soviet Union in the Second World War 386\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNikita Lomagin\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(translated by Melissa Stockdale and Abbott Gleason)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The Cold War 414\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid C. Engerman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Old Thinking and New: Khrushchev and Gorbachev 429\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert English\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The End of the Soviet Union 451\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert V. Daniels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Whither Russia? 471\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Russia’s Post-Soviet Upheaval 473\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBruce Parrott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Russian History and the Future of Russia 490\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam E. 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