Hardcover Cloth 698 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition second printing Date: 1981 with corresponding number line. Nice brown boards and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with the usual shelf wear - a few tears, stains, wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.In the first full-scale history of the reign of Catherine to appear in almost a century Isabel de Madariaga uses a broad range of Western and Soviet scholarship to give an authoritative account of Catherine's own role in the forward march of Russia during the eighteenth century.From her accession to the throne in 1762 Catherine ruled Russia for thirty-four years, and her greatness, de Madariaga shows, lay not in territorial acquisitions but in the new relationship she fostered between the ruler and the ruled. During her reign, administration was reorganized and new concepts of justice and legality were introduced to the public. Learning thrived and the court patronized the arts.On the other hand, reality fell far short of the hopes expressed in legislation. Corruption was widespread and too much of the national revenue was spent on military glory and too little on justice and administration. In domestic policy, major changes in the status of the serfs were postponed ...

ISBN10: 0300025157, ISBN13: 9780300025156, [publisher: Yale University Press] Hardcover Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Yale University Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Yale University Press ISBN 0300025157 9780300025156 [US]

Yale University Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Yale University Press ISBN 0300025157 9780300025156 [US]

Yale University Press, Date: 1981. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1981. Yale University Press ISBN 0300025157 9780300025156 [US]

Yale University Press, 0000-00-00. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good. Yale University Press ISBN 0300025157 9780300025156 [US]

ISBN10: 0300025157, ISBN13: 9780300025156, [publisher: Yale University Press, USA] Hardcover First Edition Hardcover. 698 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Yale University Press, USA, 1981. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in fine condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket has light creasing. Edges of dust jacket have minor chips and/or tears. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: In this book, Isabel de Madariaga uses a broad range of Western and Soviet Scholarship to give an account of Catherine's own role in the forward march of Russia during the 18th century. From her accession to the throne in 1762 Catherine ruled Russia for thirty-four years, and her greatness, de Madariaga shows, lay not in her territorial acquisitions but in the new relationship she fostered between the ruler and the ruled. During her reign, law courts were reorganized and new concepts of justice and legality were introduced, learning thrived and the court patronised the arts. On the other hand, corruption was widespread and too much of the national revenue was spent on military glory and too little on justice and administration, while changes in the status of the serfs were postponed in the interests of internal order. Yet, Catherine brought Russia closer to the rest of Western Europe than it would be for more than a century; despotism was turned into monarchy, ...
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hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. ISBN 0300025157 9780300025156 [US]

Yale University Press, Date: 1981-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1981. Yale University Press ISBN 0300025157 9780300025156 [US]