Modernizing Muscovy

ISBN-13: 9780415307512 / Twarda / 2003 / 496 str.

Opis

Discusses the nature and extent of 'modernization' in seventeenth century Russia, before Peter the Great's accession, showing that, contrary to the popular view, therewas a great deal of modernization in this period.

Spis treści

Introduction
Background
The State and its Servants
The Economy
The Military and International Relations
Religion and Culture
The Arts and Sciences
Self and Society
Afterword

O autorze

Jarmo Kotilaine a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. He is the author of several books and articles on Russian, Eastern European, and Scandinavian economic history. Marshall Poe has taught history at Harvard, Columbia and New York University. Dr Poe is currently an editorial analyst for The Atlantic Monthly and lives in Washington, DC.