Russia Under The Old Regime
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In one of the most authoritative and incisive works of Russian historiography ever written, Richard Pipes presents a sweeping account of how Russia's political culture was forged — not through revolution, but through centuries of autocratic rule, social stagnation, and the crushing weight of an imperial state that brooked no opposition. Russia Under the Old Regime chronicles the evolution of Russian society from its medieval origins through the reign of the Romanovs, arguing that the conditions that gave rise to totalitarianism in the twentieth century were not born with the Bolsheviks, but were deeply rooted in the structures of the tsarist order — the patrimonial state, the servile peasantry, and the systematic suppression of civil society. Pipes writes with the precision of a scholar and the conviction of a polemicist, weaving together political, economic, and social history to illustrate how Russia's unique developmental path diverged sharply from that of Western Europe. His central thesis — that Russia never developed the independent social institutions, property rights, or civic traditions necessary for liberal democracy — remains as provocative and debated today as when it was first published in 1974. A landmark work of Cold War-era scholarship, this is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand not just the Russia of the tsars, but the enduring patterns of power that continue to shape the nation to this day.
Author: Richard Pipes
Format: Paperback
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In one of the most authoritative and incisive works of Russian historiography ever written, Richard Pipes presents a sweeping account of how Russia's political culture was forged — not through revolution, but through centuries of autocratic rule, social stagnation, and the crushing weight of an imperial state that brooked no opposition. Russia Under the Old Regime chronicles the evolution of Russian society from its medieval origins through the reign of the Romanovs, arguing that the conditions that gave rise to totalitarianism in the twentieth century were not born with the Bolsheviks, but were deeply rooted in the structures of the tsarist order — the patrimonial state, the servile peasantry, and the systematic suppression of civil society. Pipes writes with the precision of a scholar and the conviction of a polemicist, weaving together political, economic, and social history to illustrate how Russia's unique developmental path diverged sharply from that of Western Europe. His central thesis — that Russia never developed the independent social institutions, property rights, or civic traditions necessary for liberal democracy — remains as provocative and debated today as when it was first published in 1974. A landmark work of Cold War-era scholarship, this is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand not just the Russia of the tsars, but the enduring patterns of power that continue to shape the nation to this day.