The Reforms of Peter the Great: Progress Throug, Anisimov, Alexander Har..

Name: The Reforms of Peter the Great: Progress Throug, Anisimov, Alexander Har..
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Aims to provide an exciting and psychologically penetrating account of the life of Russia's 18th century tsar/reformer and the theme of progress through violence in Russia. > This psychologically penetrating revisionist account of the life and rule of Rusia's 18th-century Tsar-reformer develops an important theme - that is, what happens when the drive for \""progress\"" is linked to an autocratic, expansionist impulse rather than to a larger goal of human emancipation? And, what has been the price of power - both for Peter and for Russia? > Introduction; Father of the Fatherland; The Personality of the Reformer; Victory at any Cost; The Narva Confusion; \u201CSeek to overthrow the foe\u201D; Industrialization Petrine-Style; \u201CIt's difficult for a man to know and direct everything sight unseen\u201D; On the Roads of War: From Narva to Poltava; The Breakthrough: From Poltava to Hang\u00F6; Birth of the Empire; The Realization of Peter's State Ideal; The Serf Economy; Producing r