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  • Imperial Russiaby Jane Burbank; David L. Ransel

    Indiana University Press 1998; US$ 19.95

    "On the basis of the work presented here, one can say that the future of American scholarship on imperial Russia is in good hands." -- American Historial Review "... innovative and substantive research... " -- The Russian Review "Anyone wishing to understand the 'state of the field' in Imperial Russian history would do well to start with this collection." -- Theodore W. Weeks, H-Net Reviews "The essays are impressive in terms of research conceptualization, and analysis." -- Slavic Review Presenting the results of new research and fresh approaches, the historians whose work is highlighted here seek to extend new ... more...

  • The Modernisation of Russia, 1676-1825by Simon Dixon; William Beik; T. C. W. Blanning

    Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 27.00

    Analytical and thematic account of a colourful period in Russian history accessible to undergraduates of European and Russian history, as well as to the non-specialist reader. Covers Russia's political, social, cultural and intellectual life during its emergence as a great power. more...

  • Uncivil Societyby Stephen Kotkin; Jan Gross

    Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 11.99

    Twenty years ago, the Berlin Wall fell. In one of modern history’s most miraculous occurrences, communism imploded–and not with a bang, but with a whimper. Now two of the foremost scholars of East European and Soviet affairs, Stephen Kotkin and Jan T. Gross, drawing upon two decades of reflection, revisit this crash. In a crisp, concise, unsentimental narrative, they employ three case studies–East Germany, Romania, and Poland–to illuminate what led Communist regimes to surrender, or to be swept away in political bank runs. This is less a story of dissidents, so-called civil society, than of the bankruptcy of a ruling class–communism’s establishment, or “uncivil society.” The Communists borrowed... more...

  • Who's Who in Russia since 1900by Martin McCauley

    Routledge 1997; US$ 34.95

    A unique reference guide which examines the leading personalities from 1900 up to the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond. This book is invaluable for students, teachers, researchers and the general reader alike. more...

  • Stalin Eraby Philip Boobbyer

    Routledge 2000; US$ 39.95

    A wide ranging history of every aspect of Stalin's dictatorship over the peoples of the Soviet Union. It places the man and his ideology into context both within pre-Revolutionary Russia, Lenin's Soviet Union and post-Stalinist Russia. more...

  • Imperial Russia, 1801-1905by Tim Chapman

    Routledge 2001; US$ 35.95

    Imperial Russia, 1801-1905 traces the development of the Russian Empire from the murder of 'mad Tsar Paul' to the reforms of the 1890s that were an attempt to modernise the autocratic atate, more...

  • Post-Soviet Political Orderby Barnett Rubin; Jack Snyder

    Routledge 1998; US$ 52.95

    Post-Soviet Political Order analyses the institutional patterns of the former Soviet Union and Eastern European countries. The contributors show how strong state institutions are essential if political instability is to be avoided. more...

  • Soviet Foreign Policy Todayby Robert F. Miller

    Routledge 1991; US$ 170.00

    Textbook presenting new Soviet thinking in the economic, political and military spheres, linking domestic and foreign policies. Part One describes the evolution of current foreign policy; Part Two, its impact on the rest of the world (by region). more...

  • Geographic Perspectives on Soviet Central Asiaby Robert Lewis

    Routledge 1992; US$ 220.00

    In a unique survey, based on new census data, this book highlights the region's geographic, economic and ecological problems since 1945. more...

  • Soviet Politics In Perspectiveby Richard Sakwa

    Routledge 1998; US$ 55.95

    Thoroughly revised and updated edition of this key text which offers a comprehensive and accessible exploration of the Soviet system from its rise in 1919 to the 1991 collapse. more...