Russia: A Social History
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Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
At the crossroads of empire and revolution, Russia: A Social History by D. S. Mirsky presents a sweeping panorama of Russian civilisation from its earliest origins through to the upheavals of the modern era. Mirsky — a Russian prince turned literary scholar and historian — chronicles the social forces, class structures, religious transformations, and cultural currents that shaped one of the world's most complex and contradictory nations. Edited by Professor C. G. Seligman, F.R.S., the work synthesises historical rigour with the intimate authority of a writer who lived through Russia's defining moment of rupture. Mirsky writes with a rare duality of perspective: the aristocratic insider who became a committed Marxist, lending his prose both elegance and urgency. Russia: A Social History stands as a landmark of early twentieth-century historiography, illustrating the immense social stratification, the weight of Orthodox tradition, and the revolutionary pressures that ultimately dismantled the Tsarist order. For those seeking to understand Russia not merely as a political entity but as a living social organism, this volume remains an indispensable and quietly revelatory guide.
Author: D. S. Mirsky
Format: Hardback
Published: 1931, The Cresset Press
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
At the crossroads of empire and revolution, Russia: A Social History by D. S. Mirsky presents a sweeping panorama of Russian civilisation from its earliest origins through to the upheavals of the modern era. Mirsky — a Russian prince turned literary scholar and historian — chronicles the social forces, class structures, religious transformations, and cultural currents that shaped one of the world's most complex and contradictory nations. Edited by Professor C. G. Seligman, F.R.S., the work synthesises historical rigour with the intimate authority of a writer who lived through Russia's defining moment of rupture. Mirsky writes with a rare duality of perspective: the aristocratic insider who became a committed Marxist, lending his prose both elegance and urgency. Russia: A Social History stands as a landmark of early twentieth-century historiography, illustrating the immense social stratification, the weight of Orthodox tradition, and the revolutionary pressures that ultimately dismantled the Tsarist order. For those seeking to understand Russia not merely as a political entity but as a living social organism, this volume remains an indispensable and quietly revelatory guide.