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- catalog abstract ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12931429.
- catalog coverage "Russia (Federation) History Philosophy.".
- catalog coverage "Russia History Philosophy.".
- catalog coverage "Soviet Union History Philosophy.".
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [111]-114) and index.".
- catalog description "What Russia is and what it is not -- From Slavs to Rus' -- From Rus' to Russia -- The challenge of early modernity -- The origins of the Russian moment -- The progress of the Russian moment -- From early modernity to modernity -- The end of the Russian moment -- Coda : what might have been.".
- catalog extent "xv, 116 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0691116121 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Russia (Federation) History Philosophy.".
- catalog spatial "Russia History Philosophy.".
- catalog spatial "Soviet Union History Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "947/.001 21".
- catalog subject "DK49 .P64 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "What Russia is and what it is not -- From Slavs to Rus' -- From Rus' to Russia -- The challenge of early modernity -- The origins of the Russian moment -- The progress of the Russian moment -- From early modernity to modernity -- The end of the Russian moment -- Coda : what might have been.".
- catalog title "The Russian moment in world history / Marshall T. Poe.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".