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Decentralization and Self-Government in Russia, 1830-1870
By (Author) Frederick S. Starr
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
19th May 2015
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
320.9470903
Paperback
402
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
539g
The turbulent period of renewal and innovation that followed Russia's crushing defeat in the Crimea has been interpreted, historically, in terms of the emancipation of the serfs and the evolution of the gentry class. But, contends Frederick Starr, such an approach underestimates the breadth and intensity of the impulse for local reforms per se. Aft