03870cam a2200541 i 4500 32387 32387 BJBSDDR 20230410105224.0 ta 150302s2015 nyu b 001 0deng 9780199947874 (hardback : alkaline paper) 0199947872 (hardback : alkaline paper) 18511315 DLC spa DLC eng pcc e-ur--- e-ru--- 338 DK 40 E57r 2015 947 23 Engel, Barbara Alpern, 1943- Russia in world history / Barbara Alpern Engel ; Janet Martin. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015. xiii, 156 pages ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier New Oxford world history Includes bibliographical references and index. Preface ; Editors' Preface -- A Note on Dates and Names -- The Formation of Russia : Slavs, Vikings and Byzantium -- The Formation and Development of Muscovy (1240-1462) -- Muscovy : The Late Ryurikids and Early Romanovs (1462-1689) -- The Petrine Revolution (1689-1725) -- The Triumph of Empire (1725-1855) -- Reform and Revolution (1855-1905) -- Wars and Revolutions (1905-1945) -- Cold War and the Collapse of Communism (1945 to the present) -- Chronology -- Websites. "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"-- Provided by publisher. Cultural pluralism Russia History. Pluralismo (Ciencias sociales) Rusia 2673 Multiculturalismo Rusia 2461 Social change Russia History. Cambio social Rusia 1529 Russia History. Rusia Historia 3670 Soviet Union History. Unión Soviética Historia 4707 Russia (Federation) History. Rusia (Federación) Historia 2717 Russia Relations. Rusia Relaciones exteriores 5470 Martin, Jan 9706 9705 New Oxford world history Book review (H-Net) http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=47284 lcc BK dvf 0 0 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 0 338 DK 40 E57r 2015 00000121365 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 BK