The Russian moment in world history
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The Russian moment in world history
（Princeton paperbacks）
Princeton University Press, 2006, c2003
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Originally published: 2003
Includes bibliographical references and index
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内容説明
Is Russian history one big inevitable failure? The Soviet Union's demise and Russia's ensuing troubles have led many to wonder. But this is to look through a skewed prism indeed. In this provocative and elegantly written short history of Russia, Marshall Poe takes us well beyond the Soviet haze deep into the nation's fascinating--not at all inevitable, and in key respects remarkably successful--past. Tracing Russia's course from its beginnings to the present day, Poe shows that Russia was the only non-Western power to defend itself against Western imperialism for centuries. It did so by building a powerful state that molded society to its military needs. Thus arose the only non-Western path to modern society--a unique path neither "European" nor "Asian" but, most aptly, "Russian." From the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries, Russia prevailed despite unparalleled onslaughts by powerful Western armies. However, while Europe nurtured limited government, capitalism, and scientific and cultural revolution, early Russian society cultivated autocracy and command economics.
Both Europe and Russia eventually created modern infrastructures, but the European model proved more productive and powerful. The post-World War I communist era can be seen as a natural continuation of Russia's autocratic past that, despite its tragic turns, kept Russia globally competitive for decades. The Russian moment in world history thus began with its first confrontations with Europe in the fifteenth century, and ended in 1991 with the Soviet collapse. Written with verve and great insight, The Russian Moment in World History will be widely read and vigorously debated by those who seek a clear and unequivocal understanding of the complex history that has made Russia what it is today.
目次
List of Maps ix Preface xi Chapter 1: What Russia Is and What It Is Not 1 Chapter 2: From Slavs to Rus' 10 Chapter 3: From Rus' to Russia 28 Chapter 4: The Challenge of Early Modernity 38 Chapter 5: The Origins of the Russian Moment 46 Chapter 6: The Progress of the Russian Moment 58 Chapter 7: From Early Modernity to Modernity 71 Chapter 8: The End of the Russian Moment 86 Chapter 9: Coda: What Might Have Been 91 Chronology 105 Bibliographic Note 111 Index 115
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