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Empire of the Periphery: Russia and the World System

By Boris Kagarlitsky

Book information

Year
2007
ISBN
074532682X, 9780745326825
LCC
HC333 .K3413 2008
Open Library ID
OL10729385M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3440669 bytes)
Pages
384\368
Topic
Geography Russia
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Leading writer Boris Kagarlitsky offers an ambitious account of 1000 years of Russian history. Encompassing all key periods in Russia's dramatic development, the book covers everything from early settlers, through medieval decline, Ivan the Terrible - the 'English Tsar', Peter the Great, the Crimean War and the rise of capitalism, the revolution, the Soviet period, finally ending with the return of capitalism after 1991.Setting Russia within the context of the 'World System', as outlined by Wallerstein, this is a major work of historical Marxist theory that is set to become a future classic.

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