The Russian Empire 1450-1801 (Oxford History of Early Modern Europe)

Description: The Russian Empire 1450-1801 (Oxford History of Early Modern Europe) [Hardcover] Kollmann, Nancy Shields Product Overview Modern Russian identity and historical experience has been largely shaped by Russia's imperial past: an empire that was founded in the early modern era and endures in large part today. The Russian Empire 1450-1801 surveys how the areas that made up the empire were conquered and how they were governed. It considers the Russian empire a 'Eurasian empire', characterized by a 'politics of difference': the rulers and their elites at the center defined the state's needs minimally - with control over defense, criminal law, taxation, and mobilization of resources - and otherwise tolerated local religions, languages, cultures, elites, and institutions. The center related to communities and religions vertically, according each a modicum of rights and autonomies, but didn't allow horizontal connections across nobilities, townsmen, or other groups potentially with common interests to coalesce. Thus, the Russian empire was multi-ethnic and multi-religious; Nancy Kollmann gives detailed attention to the major ethnic and religious groups, and surveys the government's strategies of governance - centralized bureaucracy, military reform, and a changed judicial system. The volume pays particular attention to the dissemination of a supranational ideology of political legitimacy in a variety of media - written sources and primarily public ritual, painting, and particularly architecture. Beginning with foundational features, such as geography, climate, demography, and geopolitical situation, The Russian Empire 1450-1801 explores the empire's primarily agrarian economy, serfdom, towns and trade, as well as the many religious groups - primarily Orthodoxy, Islam, and Buddhism. It tracks the emergence of an 'Imperial nobility' and a national self-consciousness that was, by the end of the eighteenth century, distinctly imperial, embracing the diversity of the empire's many peoples and cultures. Read more Details Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press (March 19, 2017) Language ‏ : ‎ English Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 512 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0199280517 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 13 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.15 pounds Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches Best Sellers Rank: #3,110,538 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #3,357 in European History (Books) #6,584 in Russian History (Books) #3,357 in European History (Books) #6,584 in Russian History (Books) Stock Photos Please Note: All of our book listings use stock photos unless otherwise stated. Please read our descriptions for accurate conditions and editions, don't use the photos! Free Shipping We ship worldwide. We have multiple warehouses around the world, so please note the extended handling time on certain listings.

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