The Reforms of Peter the Great

Overview

This exciting and psychologically penetrating account of the life and rule of Russia's eighteenth-century tsar-reformer develops an important theme. What happens when the drive for "progress" is linked to an autocratic, expansionist impulse rather than a larger goal of human emancipation? What was the price of power - for Russia, and for Peter himself? Evgenii V. Anisimov's provocative history of Peter thus asks important questions with special resonance today.

Details

Publisher

M.E. Sharpe

Published

1993

Pages

327

Language

EN

Categories

Biography & Autobiography / Royalty, History / Russia / General, Social Science / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Social Science / Discrimination, Social Science / Regional Studies

ISBN-13

9781563240478