Description
| Product ID: | 9780006383727 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Russia: People and Empire |
| Subtitle: | 1552–1917 |
| Authors: | Author: Geoffrey Hosking |
| Page Count: | 576 |
| Subjects: | Historiography, Historiography, General and world history, European history, History of other geographical groupings and regions, History, History, Social and cultural history, Political science and theory, Nationalism, General & world history, European history, History of other lands, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Social & cultural history, Political science & theory, Nationalism, Russia, Modern period, c 1500 onwards |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating ‘It is unlikely that a clearer, more stimulating account of the Russians’ extraordinary period of imperial history will be written.’ Philip Marsden, Spectator ‘It is unlikely that a clearer, more stimulating account of the Russians’ extraordinary period of imperial history will be written.’ Philip Marsden, SpectatorGeoffrey Hosking’s landmark book provides us with a new prism through which to view Russian history by posing the apparently simple question: what is Russia’s national identity?Hosking answers this with brilliant originality: his thesis is that the needs of Russia’s empire prevented the creation of a Russian nation. The Tsars, and before them the Grand Dukes of Moscow, were empire builders rather than nation builders and, as consequence, profoundly alienated ordinary Russians. |
| Imprint Name: | Fontana Press |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1998-03-16 |
