Revolution of Peter the Great

Name: Revolution of Peter the Great
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ISBN: 9780674019843

ISBN-10: 0674019849

ISBN-13: 9780674019843

Edition: 2003

Authors: James Cracraft

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Many books chronicle the remarkable life of Russian tsar Peter the Great, but none analyze how his famous reforms actually took root and spread in Russia. In The Revolution of Peter the Great, James Cracraft offers a brilliant new interpretation of this pivotal era. Linking together and transcending Peter's many reforms of state and society, Cracraft argues, was nothing less than a cultural revolution. New ways of dress, elite social behavior, navigation, architecture, and image-making emerged along with expansive vocabularies for labeling new objects and activities. Russians learned how to build and sail warships; train, supply, and command a modern army; operate a new-style…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 3/15/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

James Cracraft is Professor of History, University of Illinois at Chicago.



Preface



Peter and Company



Military and Naval Revolutions



Diplomatic and Bureaucratic Revolutions



Cultural Revolution



Revolution and Resistance



St. Petersburg


Conclusion


Chronology


Notes


Further Reading


Credits


Index