Political Ideas And Institutions In Imperial Russia 0367283441, 9780367283445

Marc Raeff is one of the truly outstanding scholars of Russian history. This volume offers a sampling of the best essays

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Political Ideas And Institutions In Imperial Russia
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Do people's beliefs help to explain foreign policy decisions, or is political activity better understood as the sel

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Nineteenth-century Brazil’s constitutional monarchy credibly committed to repay sovereign debt, borrowing repeatedly in

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Modern Occultism in Late Imperial Russia traces the history of occult thought and practice from its origins in private s

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She portrays Russian Enlightenment culture on its own terms, while at the same time shedding light on broader problems o

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Examines the theoretical and practical outlook of forensic physicians in Imperial Russia, from the 18th to the early 20t

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A groundbreaking investigation of Anton Chekhov's portrayal of children and its connection with the prevalent views

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In the nineteenth century, the Russian Empire's Middle Volga region (today's Tatarstan) was the site of a prol

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Human Rights and Peace, fourth in the South Asian Peace Studies series, is a useful contribution to the expanding body o

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During the course of the past three decades efforts of democratisation and institutional reforms have characterised the

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Economists have long maintained that a well-developed and functioning financial system is a vital prerequisite to econom

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