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Russia in World History: New Oxford World History

Autor Barbara Alpern Engel, Janet Martin
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 iun 2015
This volume offers a lively introduction to Russia's dramatic history and the striking changes that characterize its story. Distinguished authors Barbara Alpern Engel and Janet Martin show how Russia's peoples met the constant challenges posed by geography, climate, availability of natural resources, and devastating foreign invasions, and rose to become the world's second largest land empire. The book describes the circumstances that led to the world's first communist society in 1917, and traces the global consequences of Russia's long confrontation with the United States, which took place virtually everywhere and for decades provided a model for societies seeking development independent of capitalism. This book also brings the story of Russia's arduous and costly climb to great power to a personal level through the stories of individual women and men-leading figures who played pivotal roles as well as less prominent individuals from a range of social backgrounds whose voices illuminate the human consequences of sweeping historical change. As was and is true of Russia itself, this story encompasses a wide variety of ethnicities, peoples who became part of the Russian empire and suffered or benefited from its leaders' efforts to meld a multiethnic polity into a coherent political entity. The book examines how Russia served as a conduit for people, ideas, and commodities flowing between east and west, north and south, and absorbed and adapted influences from both Europe and Asia and how it came to play an increasingly important role on a regional and, ultimately, global scale.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780199947898
ISBN-10: 0199947899
Pagini: 176
Ilustrații: 20 illus.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 231 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Seria New Oxford World History

Locul publicării:New York, United States

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In this concise but wide-ranging book, Barbara Alpern Engel and Janet Martin provide a useful and engaging account of the course of Russian history from the earliest days of Slavic tribes down to the present ... In spite of its brevity, the work does not lack depth nor does it overly simplify Russia in its complexities and contradictions. Instead, it offers a sound foundation to anyone who is learning about Russian history for the first time ... [a] narrative with interesting stories and actors that -- in addition to its brevity -- make the work a useful, informative, and enjoyable read.
Recommended.

Notă biografică

Barbara Alpern Engel is a Distinguished Professor of History, University of Colorado.Janet Martin is Professor Emerita of History, University of Miami.