Polunov, A. 1966-

Russia in the nineteenth century : autocracy, reform, and social change, 1814-1914 / Alexander Polunov ; edited by Thomas C. Owen and Larissa G. Zakharova ; translated by Marshall S. Shatz. - Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2005. - xvi, 286 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - The new Russian history .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-272) and index.

On the path to reform -- "A time of external slavery and internal freedom" -- A colossus with feet of clay -- The end of serfdom -- The great reforms : sources and consequences -- Russia's economy and finances after the emancipation of the serfs -- The opposition movement in post-reform Russia : from "thaw" to regicide -- Russia and the world, 1856-1900 -- Under the banner of unshakable autocracy -- Nicholas II : a policy of contradictions -- Opposition and revolution -- On the eve of great changes.

0765606712 (cloth : alk. paper)

2005007919


Russia--History--1801-1917.

338 DK 189 / P779r 2005

947/.07