| Peter the Great Contributor(s): Bushkovitch, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521805856 ISBN-13: 9780521805858 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $147.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - Political Science |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 00069919 |
| Lexile Measure: 1490 |
| Series: New Studies in European History |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (2.00 lbs) 498 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is a history of Russian politics during a fifty-year period that saw the transformation of Russia into a European monarchy by Peter the Great. Bushkovitch demonstrates that the interaction of the tsar and the ruling elite was at the core of Russian politics as Peter managed to largely master the contentious elite by a series of compromises, ultimately toward one that favored new men without excluding the aristocrats entirely. The outcome was a new balance of power at the center, and a new Europeanized culture. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bushkovitch, Paul: - Paul Bushkovitch has been Professor of History at Yale University since 1992, having taught there since 1975. His books include The Merchants of Moscow, 1580 1650 (Cambridge, 1980) and Religion and Society in Russia: The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (1992). |