Imperial Russia
Author | : Jane Burbank |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 1998-09-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780253212412 |
"On the basis of the work presented here, one can say that the future of American scholarship on imperial Russia is in good hands." —American Historial Review " . . . innovative and substantive research . . . " —The Russian Review "Anyone wishing to understand the 'state of the field' in Imperial Russian history would do well to start with this collection." —Theodore W. Weeks, H-Net Reviews "The essays are impressive in terms of research conceptualization, and analysis." —Slavic Review Presenting the results of new research and fresh approaches, the historians whose work is highlighted here seek to extend new thinking about the way imperial Russian history is studied and taught. Populating their essays are a varied lot of ordinary Russians of the 18th and 19th centuries, from a luxury-loving merchant and his extended family to reform-minded clerics and soldiers on the frontier. In contrast to much of traditional historical writing on Imperial Russia, which focused heavily on the causes of its demise, the contributors to this volume investigate the people and institutions that kept Imperial Russia functioning over a long period of time.
The Great Imperial Hangover
Author | : Samir Puri |
Publisher | : Atlantic Books |
Total Pages | : 375 |
Release | : 2020-07-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1786498340 |
'An exceptional account.' Prospect 'Enlightening.' Spectator For the first time in millennia we live without formal empires. But that doesn't mean we don't feel their presence rumbling through history. The Great Imperial Hangover examines how the world's imperial legacies are still shaping the thorniest issues we face today. From Russia's incursions in the Ukraine to Brexit; from Trump's 'America-first' policy to China's forays into Africa; from Modi's India to the hotbed of the Middle East, Puri provides a bold new framework for understanding the world's complex rivalries and politics. Organised by region, and covering vital topics such as security, foreign policy, national politics and commerce, The Great Imperial Hangover combines gripping history and astute analysis to explain why the history of empire affects us all in profound ways.
The New Imperial Presidency
Author | : Andrew Rudalevige |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 375 |
Release | : 2008-12-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0472021389 |
Has the imperial presidency returned? "Well written and, while indispensable for college courses, should appeal beyond academic audiences to anyone interested in how well we govern ourselves. . . . I cannot help regarding it as a grand sequel for my own The Imperial Presidency." ---Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Has the imperial presidency returned? This question has been on the minds of many contemporary political observers, as recent American administrations have aimed to consolidate power. In The New Imperial Presidency, Andrew Rudalevige suggests that the congressional framework meant to advise and constrain presidential conduct since Watergate has slowly eroded. Rudalevige describes the evolution of executive power in our separated system of governance. He discusses the abuse of power that prompted what he calls the "resurgence regime" against the imperial presidency and inquires as to how and why---over the three decades that followed Watergate---presidents have regained their standing. Chief executives have always sought to interpret constitutional powers broadly. The ambitious president can choose from an array of strategies for pushing against congressional authority; finding scant resistance, he will attempt to expand executive control. Rudalevige's important and timely work reminds us that the freedoms secured by our system of checks and balances do not proceed automatically but depend on the exertions of public servants and the citizens they serve. His story confirms the importance of the "living Constitution," a tradition of historical experiences overlaying the text of the Constitution itself.
Imperial Spy
Author | : Mark Robson |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 2012-10-25 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1471116549 |
When Femke is entrusted with a vital foreign mission for the Emperor, the resourceful young spy assumes it will be a straightforward task. But nothing is simple when your enemies are one step ahead of you. Framed for two murders while visiting the neighbouring King's court, Femke finds herself isolated in a hostile country. As the authorities hunt her down for the murders, her arch-enemy, Shalidar, is closing in for his revenge . . .
Imperial Metropolis
Author | : Jessica M. Kim |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 299 |
Release | : 2019-08-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1469651351 |
In this compelling narrative of capitalist development and revolutionary response, Jessica M. Kim reexamines the rise of Los Angeles from a small town to a global city against the backdrop of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, Gilded Age economics, and American empire. It is a far-reaching transnational history, chronicling how Los Angeles boosters transformed the borderlands through urban and imperial capitalism at the end of the nineteenth century and how the Mexican Revolution redefined those same capitalist networks into the twentieth. Kim draws on archives in the United States and Mexico to argue that financial networks emerging from Los Angeles drove economic transformations in the borderlands, reshaped social relations across wide swaths of territory, and deployed racial hierarchies to advance investment projects across the border. However, the Mexican Revolution, with its implicit critique of imperialism, disrupted the networks of investment and exploitation that had structured the borderlands for sixty years, and reconfigured transnational systems of infrastructure and trade. Kim provides the first history to connect Los Angeles's urban expansionism with more continental and global currents, and what results is a rich account of real and imagined geographies of city, race, and empire.
Chrysler Hardtops 1950-1965
Author | : Don Narus |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 142 |
Release | : 2016-12-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1365645398 |
Covers Chrysler Hardtops 1950-1965 all models, Windsor, New Yorker, Newport, Saratoga, 300 letter series, Nassau, St.Regis, Southampton. Includes Concept cars and Imperial. Over 200 large detailed B&W photos. Makes for a useful primer and quick reference guide. 8-1/2 x 11, soft cover.
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 1957-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
The most trustworthy source of information available today on savings and investments, taxes, money management, home ownership and many other personal finance topics.