History Of Russia - Peoples, Legends, Events, Forces

List of contents

I. From Frontier to Tsardom: The Foundations of Russia, 750-1613
1. The Origin of Rus, 750-1000
The Natural Setting
The Eastern Slavs
The Khazar Qaganate
The Rus
The Kievan Monarchy
2. Kievan Rus: Structures and Events, 988-1240
An Expanding Economy
Stratified Society
Tributary Politics and Institutions
A Political Chronicle, 1015-1240
The Outside World
3. Kievan Rus: Christian Civilization, 988-1240
Slavic Orthodoxy
Conversion and Consolidation
Intellectual Culture
Image and Edifice
4. The First Mongol Century: Hardship and Adaptations, 1237-1341
Storm Out of the East, 1190-1242
Empire of the Steppe
Rus and the New Order, 1237-1300
The Advent of Moscow, 1301-1341
Spiritual Survival
5. Shifting Fortunes, 1341-1456
The Fragmentation of Qipchak
The Challenge of Lithuania
The Ascent of Moscow
The Apogee of Great Novgorod
Spiritual Renewal
The End of Byzantium
6. Russia's New Monarchy, 1456-1533
Foundations: Political and Economic
Unification Dramas, 1463-1521
Instruments of Power
Ideals in Conflict
The Sovereign's Majesty
7. Ivan IV and the Birth Pangs of Tsardom, 1533-1584
Boyar Interlude, 1533-1547
Visions of Piety, 1542-1570
State Consolidation, 1547-1562
Eastward Ho!, 1545-1559
Livonian War, 1558-1583
Terror at Home, 1563-1576
The Final Years, 1576-1584
8. Boris Godunov and the Time of Troubles, 1584-1613
Social Fissures
A New Strong Man, 1584-1605
The Troubles I: Impostors and Adventurers, 1605-1610
The Troubles I: National Revival, 1611-1613
II. The Growth of Empire: Russia Looks West, 1613-1796
9. Muscovy Expands, 1613-1676
Reconstruction
Alexis Comes to Power, 1645
"All Great, Little and White Russia"
People of All Ranks
Rebellious Russia
10. Religion and Culture at the Crossroads, 1645-1689
Reforming the Church
At the Tsar's Court
Arts in Transition
Russia and the West
Fëdor and Sophia 1676-1689
11. Peter the Great: From Tsar to Emperor, 1689-1725
A Portrait of Peter
Russia at War, 1700-1721
Soldiers and Sailors of the Tsar
Governing Russia
Finances: "The Artery of War"
12. Peter the Great: Carving Out the New Russia 1703-1725
Peter's Paradise
Teachers and Pupils
The Service Church
New Men and Women
"Father of the Fatherland"
13. "Between Two Greats," 1725-1762
Who Rules Russia?
Russia and the World
Arts and Sciences
Peter III and the Nobles
14. Catherine the Great: In Pursuit of Enlightenment and Empire, 1762-1796
A Portrait of Catherine
Enlightened Absolutism
Expanding the Empire
Many Nations
Policing the Provinces
15. Catherine the Great: The Golden Age of the Nobility 1776-1796
Freedom and Liberty
Culture: Town and Country
The French Madness
Reconsidering Catherine
III. Russia's European Century, 1796-1914
16. Russia in the Age of Napoleon: Paul I and Alexander I, 1796-1815
Europe in 1800: the Napoleonic Wars
Palace and Parade Ground: Paul I, 1796-1801
Alexander Comes to Power: Peace and War, 1801-1807
Alliance with Napoleon and Speransky's Vision, 1807-1812
The Horned Beast: Invasion and Triumph, 1812-1815
17. The Age of Restoration: Russia in Europe, 1815-1830
The Congress of Vienna and the Holy Alliace, 1815
The Golden Age and Pushkin
The Blessed Emperor, 1815-1825
Secret Societies and the December Uprising
The Polish Uprising, 1830
18. Nicholas I: Monarchy, Society, Empire, 1825-1855
Nicholas Comes to Power, 1825-1830
Orthodoxy, Autocracy, Nationality
Law and Administration, 1830-1840
The "Marvelous Decade"
European Revolution and Ottoman War, 1848-1856
19. Russian Society and Daily Life in the Twilight of Serfdom, 1800-1861
On the Land: Nests of Gentry
On the Land: Live Souls
The Big City: Rich Folk, Poor Folk
The Small Town: Provincial Russia
20. Around the Russian Empire, 1801-1861
European Borderlands
In and Beyond the Caucasus
The Steppes of Central Asia
Siberia: the Wild East
Frontiers of the Imagination
21. Alexander II and the Era of the Great Reforms, 1855-1870
Monarchy and Gentry After Crimea
The Great Reforms: Emancipation
Creating a New Society? The Zemstvo and Legal Reforms
Life in the Reform Era
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About the author

David Goldfrank is professor of history at Georgetown University. He has published a text on the origins of the Crimean War (Longman, 1993) and has published other books and articles in the area of medieval and monastic Russia. The Contemporary Authors reference text has noted Goldfrank for his Russian translations. He specializes in medieval and Muscovite Russia, medieval Russian diplomacy, and social history of the Russian military. Goldfrank received his Ph.D from the University of Washington.Lindsey Hughes is professor of history and director at the Centre for Russian Studies at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London. In addition to her most recent work, Russia in the Age of Peter the Great (Yale), she has written three books and numerous articles. She is also on the board of Slavonic and East European Review.Catherine Evtuhov is associate professor of history at Georgetown University. She has published articles in the Slavic Review, Studies in Russian Intellectual History, Journal of Popular Culture, and numerous others. She has written the first English translation of Sergei Bulgakov's Philosophy of Economy: The World as Household with Yale University Press. Her current project is Imagining the Russian Provinces: Material Culture and Local Consciousness in Nizhnii Novgorod, 1840-1900. Her areas of expertise are 19th/20th century intellectual, social, cultural, and religious history. She received her Ph.D from University of California, Berkeley. She is a bilingual speaker fluent in England and Russian.Richard Stites is professor of history at Georgetown University. He has published books with Oxford, Cambridge, and Princeton. In 1989 he won the prestigious Wayne Vucinich award presented annually by Slavic historians to the best new book in their field. He also contributed a chapter to the Third Edition of Houghton Mifflin's Becoming Visible text. He earned his Ph.D from Harvard in the areas of social and intellectual history of 19th- and 20th-century Russia. He has since become known for his work in the areas of 19th- and 20th-century gender and culture as well.

Summary

A History of Russia: Peoples, Legends, Events, Forces is a comprehensive narrative conceived and developed after the collapse of the former Soviet Union. Informed by the burgeoning historiography of the 1990s, the text balances political and economic explorations of everyday life, social roles, cultural dynamics, and gender issues. Many texts on this subject are written from a pre-Confederation point of view that may be unsuitable for today's classroom. This text provides strong coverage of 20th-century Russia and the U.S.S.R. without sacrificing its coverage of earlier historical periods.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine Evtuhov, Catherine (Georgetown University) Evtuhov, David Goldfrank, David (Georgetown University) Goldfrank, David M. Goldfrank, Lindsey Hughes, Lindsey (University College Hughes, Richard Stites, Richard (Georgetown University) Stites
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2004
• EAN: 9780395660720
• ISBN: 978-0-395-66072-0
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 235 mm x 38 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Russland, UdSSR, Sowjetunion, History - General History, HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union