Format:
475 S.
,
zahlr. Ill., Kt
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21cm
ISBN:
9789622177857
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9622177859
Content:
"Traditionally the history of Russia has been interpreted from the European standpoint, and has more often than not been based on European sources and methods. However, Edgar Knobloch takes a completely new and unconventional scholarly approach to the history of Russia. Using economic and legal analyses, archaeology and the history of art, as well as analogies with other countries and cultures, he charts the influence and traditions of the Eastern civilisations in Russian history - an element of exceptional importance which, until now, has been largely neglected by historians. This new treatment, which takes into full account the effect of Persian, Turkish, Byzantine and nomadic influences - rather than just the European - enables the author to elucidate and explain many controversial events and to draft a continuous line of development from the earliest past right down to our own times."--BOOK JACKET
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
The Fourth Civilisation -- Freedom and Security - the Early Societies -- The Society of the Nomads -- The Nomads in Russian History -- The Seljuks and the Russians -- Pt. 1. Kievan Russia -- Ch. 1. Agriculture and the Production of Food -- Ch. 2. Slave Trade -- Ch. 3. Towns, Crafts and Commerce -- Ch. 4. Transport -- Ch. 5. Army and Warfare -- Ch. 6. The State -- Ch. 7. The Society -- Pt. 2. Apanaqe Russia -- Ch. 8. Princes and Princelings -- Ch. 9. The Mongols -- Ch. 10. The Society -- Ch. 11. Mongol Law and Justice -- Ch. 12. The Church -- Ch. 13. The Towns and the Idea of Self-government -- App. Some Linguistic Remarks -- Pt. 3. Muscovu Russia -- Ch. 14. The State -- Ch. 15. The Army -- Ch. 16. Urbanisation and Industrialisation -- Ch. 17. The Oprichnina and the Non-possessors -- Ch. 18. The Enserfment of Russian Peasants -- Ch. 19. The Cossacks and the Nomads -- Ch. 20. Western Influences in Politics -- Ch. 21. The 'Politika' of Iurii Krizhanich -- Pt. 4. Imperial Russia -- Ch. 22. The Petrine Reforms -- Ch. 23. The Society -- Ch. 24. The End of Slavery -- Ch. 25. Religion and Authority -- Ch. 26. Nationalism and Nationality -- Ch. 27. The Economy -- Ch. 28. The Village Commune -- Ch. 29. The Abolition of Serfdom -- Ch. 30. Education and Culture -- Ch. 31. Art and Propaganda -- Ch. 32. Political Thought -- Pt. 5. Soviet Russia -- Ch. 33. The Party and the State -- Ch. 34. Nomadic Elements in Leninism -- Ch. 35. Universalism - the Ideology of Militarism -- Ch. 36. International Communism - the Comintern -- Ch. 37. Security -- Ch. 38. Nationalism -- Ch. 39. Law -- Ch. 40. Art and Propaganda -- Ch. 41. The Party and the People -- Ch. 42. The Citizen and the State -- Ch. 43. The Individual and the Collective -- Ch. 44. Moral Values -- Ch. 45. Security, Equality, Freedom -- Ch. 46. The Militarised Society -- App. The Russian Way of Thinking -- Ch. 47. The Traditional Pattern -- Ch. 48. Land Ownership -- Ch. 49. Planning -- Ch. 50. Trade, Money and Taxes: the Industries and the Unions -- Ch. 51. The Militarised Economy -- Ch. 52. The Collapse -- A Short Chronology of Russian History -- Genealogy of the Russian Royal Houses.
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Geography
,
Ethnology
Keywords:
Russland
;
Asien
;
Geschichte
;
Sowjetunion
;
Asien
;
Geschichte
;
Russland
;
Byzanz
;
Geschichte
;
Russland
;
Asien
;
Nomade
