EVGENII V. ANISIMOV - The Reforms of Peter the Great

Routledge, 1993. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 9781563240478 Top corner clipped from front endpaper, pages otherwise clean and bright; light wear to jacket edges, some surface scratching to front. This exciting and psychologically penetrating account of the life and rule of Russia's eighteenth-century tsar-reformer develops an important theme. What happens when the drive for "progress" is linked to an autocratic, expansionist impulse rather than a larger goal of human emancipation? What was the price of power - for Russia, and for Peter himself? Evgenii V. Anisimov's provocative history of Peter thus asks important questions with special resonance today. 344 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; ISBN/EAN: 9781563240478. Inventory No: dscf8436.