{"product_id":"9780773575066","title":"A Russian Paints America: The Travels of Pavel P. Svin'in, 1811-1813","description":"Pavel Petrovich Svin'in (1787\/88-1839) was a painter, diplomat, and journalist who spent two years as part of the first Russian diplomatic mission to the United States. Soon after returning to Russia, Svin'in published a travel narrative of his experiences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Russian Paints America presents the first complete English translation of Svin'in's fascinating memoir. Thirty-one original watercolours complement his provocative views on topics such as slavery, religion, politics, and the fine arts. Introductory essays by Marina Swoboda and William Whisenhunt examine Russian-American relations, consider Svin'in's life and particular role in Russian history, and set his work in the context of the genre of picturesque travel - Svin'in clearly did not set out to produce a scholarly account of the United States but a work of literature, at a time when Russian literary language was in its earliest stages of development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCoinciding with the 200th anniversary of official Russian-American relations, A Russian Paints America is a distinctive work of interdisciplinary and transnational scholarship that provides a compelling picture of the political and cultural environment in Russia and America in the early nineteenth century.","brand":"McGill-Queens University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077691228400,"sku":"9780773575066","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780773575066_p0.jpg?v=1763662397","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780773575066","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}