{"product_id":"2026200017063-secondhand-russia-under-the-old-regime","title":"Russia Under The Old Regime","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew works have so masterfully dissected the deep structural forces that shaped Imperial Russia as Richard Pipes' landmark study, Russia Under the Old Regime. Pipes chronicles the evolution of the Russian state from its earliest Slavic roots through the reign of the last Romanovs, arguing with forensic precision that Russia's political culture was fundamentally defined not by feudalism as in Western Europe, but by a form of patrimonial autocracy in which the tsar held absolute dominion over both land and people — a system that stunted the growth of civil society, property rights, and independent institutions for centuries.\n\nPipes, a towering figure in the field of Russian history and a Harvard professor of international renown, writes with a clarity and authority that makes complex historical arguments accessible without ever sacrificing scholarly rigour. His central thesis — that the seeds of Soviet totalitarianism were sown not by the Bolsheviks but by centuries of autocratic rule — remains as provocative and debated today as when first published. A sweeping, indispensable work of historical analysis, Russia Under the Old Regime challenges the reader to reconsider the very roots of power, and asks whether a nation can ever truly escape the gravity of its own past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49269353283803,"sku":"2026200017063-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/01ed3d3b-93f6-42b4-8226-a69c9769a795.png?v=1788999232","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200017063-secondhand-russia-under-the-old-regime","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}