Voluntary associations in Tsarist Russia : science, patriotism, and civil society / Joseph Bradley.

By:

Bradley, Joseph

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 366 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780674053601
0674053605

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Voluntary associations in Tsarist Russia.DDC classification:

369.0947/09034 22

LOC classification:

HS71.R8 B73 2009eb

Other classification:

NO 7240

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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

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.