Late Imperial Russia

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

ISBN	0719067863	DEWEY edition	DC22
ISBN13	9780719067860 (What's this?)	Pages	256
Publisher	Manchester University Press	Volumes	1
Imprint	Manchester University Press	Published in	Manchester
Format	Hardback	Height (mm)	234
Publication date	07 Jul 2005	Width (mm)	156
Library of Congress	DK262.L32	Academic level	Tertiary education, Professional / Scholarly
DEWEY	947.083

1	Introduction by Ian D. Thatcher	1
2	Autocracy in crisis : Nicholas the last by Sarah Badcock	9
3	Late imperial constitutionalism by Peter Waldron	28
4	The Okhrana : security policing in late imperial Russia by Iain Lauchlan	44
5	Culture, patronage and civil society : theatrical impresarios in late imperial Russia by Murray Frame	64
6	Tugan-Baranovsky and The Russian factory by Vincent Barnett	84
7	Late imperial urban workers by Ian D. Thatcher	101
8	Late imperial peasants by David Moon	120
9	Late imperial revolutionaries by Geoffrey Swain	146
10	The origins, development and demise of M. N. Pokrovskii's interpretation of Russian history by James D. White	168
11	Late imperial Russia in the imperial world by Paul Dukes	189

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