Synopses & Reviews
In this fully updated second edition of Volume II of his two-volume A History of Russia, Walter G. Moss has significantly revised his text and bibliography to reflect new research findings and controversies on numerous subjects. He has also brought the history up to date by revising the post-Soviet material, which now covers events from the end of 1991 up to the present day. This new edition retains the features of the successful first edition that have made it a popular choice in universities and colleges throughout the US, Canada and around the world. Moss’s accessible history includes full treatments of politics, economics, foreign affairs and wars, and also of everyday life, women, legal developments, religion, literature, art and popular culture. In addition, it provides many other features that have proven successful with both academics and students, including a well-organized and clearly written text, references to varying historical viewpoints, numerous illustrations and maps that supplement and amplify the text, fully updated bibliographies accompanying each chapter as well as a general bibliography of more comprehensive works, a glossary and a chronology of important events. Moss’s A History of Russia will appeal to academics, students and general readers alike.
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'An expertly presented and thoroughly informative narration recommended for a scholar's Russian history reference shelf, as well as accessibly informative reading for the non-specialist general reader with an interest in the historical development of Russia.' —'Midwest Book Review'
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'Manages to embrace a wide range of topics while at the same time remaining accessible and interesting…Balances humorous anecdotes with provocative concepts, and discusses historiography in a clearer and more contemporary fashion than that found in Riasanovsky's 'A History of Russia', now in its sixth edition and looking a bit musty by comparison...There is little to fault with this volume.' —Andrew Gentes, Lecturer in Russian and European History, University of Queensland, in 'Australian Slavonic and East European Studies'
Synopsis
This new edition retains the features of the first edition that made it a popular choice in universities and colleges throughout the US, Canada and around the world. Moss's accessible history includes full treatment of everyday life, the role of women, rural life, law, religion, literature and art. In addition, it provides many other features that have proven successful with both professors and students, including: a well-organized and clearly written text, references to varying historical perspectives, numerous illustrations and maps that supplement and amplify the text, fully updated bibliographies accompanying each chapter as well as a general bibliography of more comprehensive works, a glossary, and chronological and genealogical lists. Moss's 'A History of Russia' will appeal to academics, students and general readers alike.
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A comprehensive and accessible history of the culture, people and politics of this vast and enigmatic nation.
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Moss’s engaging historical account includes full treatment of politics, economics, foreign affairs and wars, and also of everyday life, women, legal developments, religion, literature, art and popular culture. Fully revised, including new text and illustrations
About the Author
Dr Walter G. Moss obtained his Ph.D. from Georgetown University and is a Professor of History in the Department of History & Philosophy at Eastern Michigan University. He is the author of three Anthem Press volumes: the second editions of his two-volume A History of Russia (2003–05) and his Russia in the Age of Alexander II, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky (2002). He has long taught 20th century global history and is co-author of a pioneering textbook on the subject, which first appeared in 1983. It is now in its 7th edition under the slightly revised title The Twentieth Century and Beyond: A Global History (McGraw-Hill, 2007). He is also co-author, along with Janice Terry and Jiu-Hwa Upshur, of The Twentieth Century: Readings in Global History (McGraw-Hill, 1998).
Table of Contents
List of Maps List of Illustrations Preface to the Second Edition A Note to Student s Introduction Part I. Late Imperial Russia, 1855-1917 Part II. Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917-1991 Part III. Contemporary Russia; General Bibliography Appendix A: Chronology Appendix B. Glossary Appendix C: World Oil Prices Index