Reinterpreting Russia - Softcover

Bloomsbury

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340731354 ISBN 13: 9780340731352

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 1999

Synopsis

Russian history is ready to be reinterpreted. The archives are being opened. New documentary publications are appearing. Discussion between Western and Russian writers is no longer a risky activity.<br/> <br/> Russia has undergone immense change in the twentieth century: from tsarism to communism, from communism to the market economy. But to what extent does this market economy reproduce the capitalism that characterised Russia in the centuries before 1917? What are the prospects for a democratic, prosperous Russia?<br/> <br/> This book examines the large problems of the Russian past. The linking theme is the balance of continuity and discontinuity in the history of the country across several centuries. The chapters cover a wide range of topics: politics, administration, economy, sociology and culture. They also consider the latest historical discussions in Russia and abroad.<br/> <br/> By putting Russia into a fresh historial perspective, this book enables us to consider the weight of the past underlying current attempts to fashion a different Russian future.

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About the Author

Geoffrey Hosking is Emeritus Professor of Russian History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College, London. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Cologne and a Research Fellow at Columbia University's Russian Institute. He is the author of numerous books, including Rulers and Victims: The Russians in the Soviet Union (Belknap Press, 2006), Russia and the Russians: A History (Belknap Press, 2001), Russia: People and Empire, 1552-1917 (Belknap Press, 1997), and The First Socialist Society: A History of the Soviet Union from Within (Belknap Press, 1992).

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340731354
• ISBN 13: 9780340731352
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Geoffrey Hosking, Robert Service