How Russia Shaped the Modern World: From Art to Anti-Semitism, Ballet to Bolshev

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE How Russia Shaped the Modern World by Steven G. Marks On Europes periphery, Russia was an early modernizing nation whose troubles stimulated intellectuals to develop radical and utopian alternatives to Western models of modernity. This work tells the fascinating story of how Russian figures, ideas, and movements changed our world in dramatic but often unattributed ways. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In this sweeping history, Steven Marks tells the fascinating story of how Russian figures, ideas, and movements changed our world in dramatic but often unattributed ways. Russia gave the world new ways of writing novels. It launched cutting-edge trends in ballet, theater, and art that revolutionized contemporary cultural life. The Russian anarchist movement benignly shaped the rise of vegetarianism and environmentalism while also giving birth to the violent methods of modern terrorist organizations. Tolstoys visions of nonviolent resistance inspired Gandhi and the U.S. Civil Rights movement at the same time that Russian anti-Semitic conspiracy theories intoxicated rightwing extremists the world over. And dictators from Mussolini to Saddam Hussein learned from the experiments of the Soviet regime. This is a richly textured and stunningly original account of how Russia has shaped the modern world. Placing Russia in its global context, the book betters our understanding of the anti-Western strivings that have been such a prominent feature of recent history. Notes Deep, perceptive, and thought provoking, this is a work of breathtaking sweep and imagination, massive learning, and unflagging interest. It is also beautifully written--flowing and full of intellectual excitement. -- Richard Stites, Georgetown University This is an astonishingly broad and ambitious project, one that at first seems impossible but then slowly grows on the reader--in plausibility, synthesizing intelligence, and explanatory power. Marks seems to know the contours of everything relating to Russian ideas, their politics as well as their expression through literature, visual art, dance, theater, both in domestic contexts and around the world. His thesis will cause a stir. But Russian culture has rarely appeared as monumentally integrated and influential as within the pages of this book. -- Caryl Emerson, Princeton University Back Cover "Deep, perceptive, and thought provoking, this is a work of breathtaking sweep and imagination, massive learning, and unflagging interest. It is also beautifully written--flowing and full of intellectual excitement."--Richard Stites, Georgetown University "This is an astonishingly broad and ambitious project, one that at first seems impossible but then slowly grows on the reader--in plausibility, synthesizing intelligence, and explanatory power. Marks seems to know the contours of everything relating to Russian ideas, their politics as well as their expression through literature, visual art, dance, theater, both in domestic contexts and around the world. His thesis will cause a stir. But Russian culture has rarely appeared as monumentally integrated and influential as within the pages of this book."--Caryl Emerson, Princeton University Flap "Deep, perceptive, and thought provoking, this is a work of breathtaking sweep and imagination, massive learning, and unflagging interest. It is also beautifully written--flowing and full of intellectual excitement."-- Richard Stites, Georgetown University "This is an astonishingly broad and ambitious project, one that at first seems impossible but then slowly grows on the reader--in plausibility, synthesizing intelligence, and explanatory power. Marks seems to know the contours of everything relating to Russian ideas, their politics as well as their expression through literature, visual art, dance, theater, both in domestic contexts and around the world. His thesis will cause a stir. But Russian culture has rarely appeared as monumentally integrated and influential as within the pages of this book."-- Caryl Emerson, Princeton University Author Biography Steven G. Marks is Professor of History at Clemson University and the author of Road to Power: The Trans-Siberian Railroad and the Colonization of Asian Russia, 1850 -1917. Review "[Marks] examines the way that Russian ideas, social models and political programs have spread across the wider world... The coverage is broad: from Marx to Marks, so to speak. The book is clear, often understated and always unpretentious; it contains several refreshingly sane and lucid accounts of complex and emotive subjects. It also managed not to be bland."--Stephen Lovell, Times Literary Supplement "A valuable, accessible, and comprehensive guide... A rich example of the capacity of intellectual history to carry us across borders and over centuries... It is highly recommended for a broad readership."--Anne Gorsuch, History Today "A scholarly and thought-provoking book."--Choice "A number of books have explored the Wests long and controversial influence on Russia. Few, however, have explored the reverse flow of ideas, and none better than this concise, graceful, amazingly wide-ranging book."--Robert Legvold, Foreign Affairs "An extraordinarily wide-ranging and exhaustively researched study of Russias influence on the world from the 1880s to the present... [A] fascinating, complex, and rich text that makes compelling arguments about Russias influence upon the world. This work should be of interest not only to many Russianists, but also to a more general audience with little or no background in Russia."--Rebecca Epstein Matveyev, Slavic and East European Journal "This is an imaginative, synthetic, and stimulating exploration of one of the major phenomena of our world, the Russian contribution to the revolt against the modern west... [It] is a marvelous introduction to that antimodern revolution for the general reader, the student, and even the specialist."--Robert C. Williams, Slavic Review Promotional Deep, perceptive, and thought provoking, this is a work of breathtaking sweep and imagination, massive learning, and unflagging interest. It is also beautifully written--flowing and full of intellectual excitement. -- Richard Stites, Georgetown University This is an astonishingly broad and ambitious project, one that at first seems impossible but then slowly grows on the reader--in plausibility, synthesizing intelligence, and explanatory power. Marks seems to know the contours of everything relating to Russian ideas, their politics as well as their expression through literature, visual art, dance, theater, both in domestic contexts and around the world. His thesis will cause a stir. But Russian culture has rarely appeared as monumentally integrated and influential as within the pages of this book. -- Caryl Emerson, Princeton University Long Description In this sweeping history, Steven Marks tells the fascinating story of how Russian figures, ideas, and movements changed our world in dramatic but often unattributed ways. Russia gave the world new ways of writing novels. It launched cutting-edge trends in ballet, theater, and art that revolutionized contemporary cultural life. The Russian anarchist movement benignly shaped the rise of vegetarianism and environmentalism while also giving birth to the violent methods of modern terrorist organizations. Tolstoys visions of nonviolent resistance inspired Gandhi and the U.S. Civil Rights movement at the same time that Russian anti-Semitic conspiracy theories intoxicated rightwing extremists the world over. And dictators from Mussolini to Saddam Hussein learned from the experiments of the Soviet regime. This is a richly textured and stunningly original account of how Russia has shaped the modern world. Placing Russia in its global context, the book betters our understanding of the anti-Western strivings that have been such a prominent feature of recent history. Review Quote This is an imaginative, synthetic, and stimulating exploration of one of the major phenomena of our world, the Russian contribution to the revolt against the modern west. . . . [It] is a marvelous introduction to that antimodern revolution for the general reader, the student, and even the specialist. -- Robert C. Williams, Slavic Review Details ISBN0691118450 Author Steven G. Marks Short Title HOW RUSSIA SHAPED THE MODERN W Pages 408 Publisher Princeton University Press Language English ISBN-10 0691118450 ISBN-13 9780691118451 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2004 Imprint Princeton University Press Place of Publication New Jersey Country of Publication United States Illustrations 27 halftones. Birth 1958 Series Princeton Paperbacks DEWEY 947 Subtitle From Art to Anti-Semitism, Ballet to Bolshevism Translated from English DOI 10.1604/9780691118451 NZ Release Date 2004-01-25 US Release Date 2004-01-25 UK Release Date 2004-01-25 Publication Date 2004-01-25 Alternative 9780691096841 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2004-04-04 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:161685839;

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