Russia in the European Context, 1789-1914: A Member of the Family

American and European historians—one Russian—describe Russians who were either implicitly or explicitly preoccupied with their country's economic and social place in Europe during the long 19th century. They do not find unanimity, but do reveal an intelligentsia broadly engaged in the effort to identify essential features of modernity and the quest for a definition of European identity. Among the topics are the European context of Tsarist factory labor legislation in 1830-1914, and what the press reveals about Russia's outlook on the present and future in 1910-14. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR