Late Imperial Russia: Problems and Prospects
By (Author) Ian Thatcher
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
7th July 2005
United Kingdom
Paperback
224
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Unrivalled collection of contemporary British scholarship on the question of the stability of late imperial Russia; Useful summary of the historiography of the topics covered, including political, economic, social, cultural, and international history; Contains original accounts of some of the intellectuals of the time: Barnett's study of Tugan-Baranovsky and the late imperial economy; Frame's account of the theatrical impresarios; White's examination of M. N. Pokrovskii; Students will particularly appreciate the chapters on Nicholas II, the workers, the peasants, the security police, parliamentarianism, the revolutionaries, and the security police
Ian D. Thatcher is Reader in Modern History at Brunel University