Paperback: 420 pages
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press; 1 edition (November 4, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 087580747X
ISBN-13: 978-0875807478
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 3292125
Format: PDF ePub djvu book
This illuminating volume provides a new understanding of the subjective identity and public roles of Russia’s Europeanized elite between the years of 1762 and 1825. Through a series of rich case studies, the editors reconstruct the social group’s worldview, complex identities, conflicting loyalties, and evolving habits. The studies explore the institutions that shaped these nobles, their attitude to state service, the changing patterns of their f...
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