The Structure of Russian History: Interpretive Essays

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Contents Introduction Part I. Aspects of Mediaeval Russia Russia's Byzantine Heritage The Mongol Tribute According to the Wills and Agreements of the Russian Princes Khan or Basileus: An Aspect of Russian Mediaeval Political Theory A Neglected Byzantine Source of Muscovite Political Ideology Moscow the Third Rome: Sources of the Doctrine The Problem of Old Russian Culture The Old Believers and the New Religion Part II. Problems of the Russian Eighteenth Century: Gentry Monarchy and Westernization Continuity in Economic Activity and Policy During the Post-Petrine Period in Russia Home, School, and Service in the Life of the Eighteenth-Century Russian Nobleman The Costs of "Westernization" in Russia The Gentry and the Economy in the Eighteenth Century Russia and the West: A Comparison and Contrast Russia's Perception of Her Relationship with the West Aspects of Imperial Nineteenth- Century Russia Part III. Aspects of Imperial Nineteenth- Century Russia Bureaucracy in Russia Under Nicholas I Problems and Patterns of Russian Economic Development The Parties and the State: The Evolution of Political Attitudes The Problem of Social Stability in Urban Russia, 1905-1917 The Dissidence of Russian Painting (1860-1922) The Revelation of St. Boris: Russian Literature and Individual Autonomy