Russia: People and Empire

1552–1917

Geoffrey Hosking (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

576 Seiten

1998
Fontana Press (Verlag)
978-0-00-638372-7 (ISBN)

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‘It is unlikely that a clearer, more stimulating account of the Russians’ extraordinary period of imperial history will be written.’ Philip Marsden, Spectator

Geoffrey 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.

Geoffrey Hosking has been Professor of Russian History at the School of Slavonic Studies, University of London, since 1984. He is the author of the award-winning History of the Soviet Union for Fontana Press. In 1988, Professor Hosking was invited to give the annual BBC Reith lectures and spoke on the subject of Change in Contemporary Soviet Society, in doing so accurately predicting the imminent collapse of the Soviet Union.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.3.1998
Zusatzinfo	Index
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	402 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-00-638372-6 / 0006383726
ISBN-13	978-0-00-638372-7 / 9780006383727
Zustand	Neuware