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Bradley, Joseph.

Voluntary associations in Tsarist Russia : science, patriotism, and civil society / Joseph Bradley. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (xiv, 366 pages) : illustrations -

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-352) and index.

Introduction : Russian associations -- European societies and the state : Russia in comparative perspective -- The application of science : the Free Economic Society and the Moscow Agricultural Society -- The quest for national identity : the Russian Geographical Society -- Patriotism and useful knowledge : the Society of Friends of Natural History -- Government and the public trust : the Russian Technical Society and education for industry -- Advocacy in the public sphere : scientific congresses -- Conclusion : an unstable partnership.

This text investigates the role of learned, mostly scientific societies in building civil society in imperial Russia. It challenges the idea that Russia did not have the building blocks of a democratic society.


In English.

ISBN: 9780674053601 (electronic bk.) 0674053605 (electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.4159/9780674053601 doi

Source: 22573/ctt1348bms JSTOR

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Associations, institutions, etc.--History.--Russia
Civil society--History.--Russia
Associations--Histoire.--Russie
Société civile--Histoire.--Russie
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
HISTORY--Russia & the Former Soviet Union.--Europe
Associations, institutions, etc.
Civil society.
Freiwillige Vereinigung

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Russia.
Russland

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HS71.R8 / B73 2009eb

Dewey Class. No.: 369.0947/09034