Harvard University Press, Date: 2003 8vo (22 cm), xii, 192 pp. Publisher's cloth backed boards and dust jacket. From publisher's blurb: Many books chronicle the remarkable life of Russian tsar Peter the Great, but none analyze how his famous reforms actually took root and spread in Russia. In The Revolution of Peter the Great, James Cracraft offers a brilliant new interpretation of this pivotal era. Linking together and transcending Peter's many reforms of state and society, Cracraft argues, was nothing less than a cultural revolution. New ways of dress, elite social behavior, navigation, architecture, and image-making emerged along with expansive vocabularies for labeling new objects and activities. Russians learned how to build and sail warships; train, supply, and command a modern army; operate a new-style bureaucracy; conduct diplomacy on a par with the other European states; apply modern science; and conceptualize the new governing system. Throughout, Peter remains the central figure, and Cracraft discusses the shaping events of the tsar's youth, his inner circle, the resistance his reforms engendered, and the founding of the city that would embody his vision--St. Petersburg, which celebrated its tercentenary in 2003. By century's end, Russia was poised to play a critical role in the Napoleonic wars and boasted an elite culture about to burst into its golden age. In this eloquent book, Cracraft illuminates an astonishing transformation that had ...

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ISBN10: 0674011961, ISBN13: 9780674011960, [publisher: Harvard University Press] Hardcover This is a solid and square Russian Biography Hardback . It is in Very Good+ condition with a Very Good jacket. c2003, First Edition presumed 1st Printing. The reddish brown cloth spine on a brown board is solid and clean. This book looks lightly read, unmarked. No names. It has a little spine end wrinkle. The jacket, with price, is bright & clean with some light cover wear and a small top corner tear. Nice illustrations. 192 pages. #21903-923.
[Wyomissing, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]
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Harvard University Press, Date: 2003. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2003. Harvard University Press ISBN 0674011961 9780674011960 [US]

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Harvard University Press, Date: 2003-11-24. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2003. Harvard University Press ISBN 0674011961 9780674011960 [US]