| Publication |
London, Penguin Books, 1995.
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| Description |
xxii, 361pOrange spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
A must-read for students of Russian history, the author's authoritative study analyses the Russian state from the 9th to the 19th century through its geographical conditions, principal social groupings such as peasantry nobility, middle-class, clergy and the emergence of a patrimonial state.
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| Contents |
The environment and its consequences
The state
The triumph of patrimonialism
The anatomy of the patrimonialism regime
The peasantry
Intelligensia vs the police state
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| Standard Number |
9780140247688 Pb.
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