Russia and the Wider World in Historical Perspective: Essays for Paul Dukes - Hardcover

Russia and the Wider World in Historical Perspective. Essays for Paul Dukes.

Original publisher's paper covered boards hardback, pictorial frontcover, 8vo: xviij, 234pp., 11 contributions, notes, bibliographical notes,notes on authors, bibliography Paul Dukes. Contents: Preface. Note on Paul Dukes. Notes on the Contributors. 1. Attitudes Towards Foreigners in Early Modern Russia. L.Hughes. 2. The Mercenary as Diplomat: The Fall of the House of Stuart and the Rise of the Petrine Order. G.P.Herd. 3. Foreigners, Faith and Freemasonry in the Eastern Baltic: The British Factory and Pastor Georg Ludwig Collins in Riga at the End of the Eighteenth Century. R.Bartlett. 4. Scotland and Russia: A Boundless Bond. D.Fedosov. 5. Russia, the Balkans, and Ukraine in the 1870's. D.Saunders. 5. The Russian Constitutional Monarchy in Comparative Perspective. R.B.McKean. 6. Red Internationalists on the March: The Military Dimension, 1918-1922. J.Erickson. 7. Paths to World Socialist Revolution: West and East. B.Starkov. 8. Soviet Perceptions of the Allies during the Great Patriotic War. S.Davies. 8. Russia and Decolonization in Eurasia. J.Houbert. 9. Concluding Remarks. J.D.White. Paul Dukes: A Select Bibliography. As new. This new collection of original essays by leading academics explores major issues in Russia's relations with the wider world since the seventeenth century. The emphasis is not on Russian foreign policy per se, but on the different levels of interaction between Russia, its immediate neighbours, and the wider global community, including cultural, political and economic relations. The book has been produced in honour of the distinguished historian, Professor Paul Dukes. Artikel-Nr. 183631

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