Russia in World History

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Barbara Alpern Engel (Distinguished Professor of History, Distinguished Professor of History, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO) Janet Martin (Professor Emerita of History, Professor Emerita of History, University of Miami, Miami, FL)

Russia in World History

Barbara Alpern Engel (Distinguished Professor of History, Distinguished Professor of History, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO), Janet Martin (Professor Emerita of History, Professor Emerita of History, University of Miami, Miami, FL)

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Oxford University Press
13 August 2015

History; General & world history; European history

Series: New Oxford World History

This volume offers a lively introduction to Russia's dramatic history and the striking changes that characterize its story. Distinguished authors Barbara Alpern Engel and Janet Martin show how Russia's peoples met the constant challenges posed by geography, climate, availability of natural resources, and devastating foreign invasions, and rose to become the world's second largest land empire.

The book describes the circumstances that led to the world's first communist society in 1917, and traces the global consequences of Russia's long confrontation with the United States, which took place virtually everywhere and for decades provided a model for societies seeking development independent of capitalism. This book also brings the story of Russia's arduous and costly climb to great power to a personal level through the stories of individual women and men-leading figures who played pivotal roles as well as less prominent individuals from a range of social backgrounds whose voices illuminate the human consequences of sweeping historical change. As was and is true of Russia itself, this story encompasses a wide variety of ethnicities, peoples who became part of the Russian empire and suffered or benefited from its leaders' efforts to meld a multiethnic polity into a coherent political entity.

The book examines how Russia served as a conduit for people, ideas, and commodities flowing between east and west, north and south, and absorbed and adapted influences from both Europe and Asia and how it came to play an increasingly important role on a regional and, ultimately, global scale.

By: Barbara Alpern Engel (Distinguished Professor of History Distinguished Professor of History University of Colorado Boulder CO), Janet Martin (Professor Emerita of History, Professor Emerita of History, University of Miami, Miami, FL)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 155mm, Width: 231mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 304g
ISBN: 9780199947898
ISBN 10: 0199947899
Series: New Oxford World History
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 13 August 2015
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface ; Editors' Preface ; A Note on Dates and Names ; Chapter 1 The Formation of Russia: Slavs, Vikings and Byzantium ; Chapter 2 The Formation and Development of Muscovy 21240-1462) ; Chapter 3 Muscovy: The Late Ryurikids and Early Romanovs (1462-1689) ; Chapter 4 The Petrine Revolution (1689-1725) ; Chapter 5 The Triumph of Empire (1725-1855) ; Chapter 6 Reform and Revolution (1855-1905) ; Chapter 7 Wars and Revolutions (1905-1945) ; Chapter 8 Cold War and the Collapse of Communism (1945 to the present) ; Chronology ; Notes ; Further Reading ; Websites ; Acknowledgments ; Index

Janet Martin is Professor Emerita of History, University of Miami.

Reviews for Russia in World History

Recommended. * W. G. Moss, CHOICE * In this concise but wide-ranging book, Barbara Alpern Engel and Janet Martin provide a useful and engaging account of the course of Russian history from the earliest days of Slavic tribes down to the present ... In spite of its brevity, the work does not lack depth nor does it overly simplify Russia in its complexities and contradictions. Instead, it offers a sound foundation to anyone who is learning about Russian history for the first time ... [a] narrative with interesting stories and actors that - in addition to its brevity - make the work a useful, informative, and enjoyable read. * World History Connected *