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The struggle for the Eurasian borderlands : from the rise of early modern empires to the end of the First World War
\"This is the first in a trilogy of books to explore the Eurasian borderlands as contested 'shatter zones' which have generated some of the world's most significant conflicts. Analysing the struggles of the Habsburg, Russian, Ottoman, Iranian and Qing Empires, Alfred Rieber surveys the period from the rise of the great multicultural, conquest empires in the late medieval/early modern period to their collapse in the early twentieth century. He charts how these empires expanded along moving, military frontiers, competing with one another in war, diplomacy and cultural practices whilst the subjugated peoples of the borderlands strove to maintain their cultures and defend their autonomy. The gradual and fragmentary adaptation of Western constitutional ideas, military reforms, cultural practices and economic penetration began to undermine these ruling ideologies and institutions leading to the collapse of all five empires in revolution and war within little more than a decade between 1911 and 1923\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The Struggle for the Eurasian Borderlands : From the Rise of Early Modern Empires to the End of the First World War
This book explores the Eurasian borderlands as contested 'shatter zones' which have generated some of the world's most significant conflicts. Analyzing the struggles of Habsburg, Russian, Ottoman, Iranian and Qing empires, Alfred J. Rieber surveys the period from the rise of the great multicultural, conquest empires in the late medieval/early modern period to their collapse in the early twentieth century. He charts how these empires expanded along moving, military frontiers, competing with one another in war, diplomacy and cultural practices, while the subjugated peoples of the borderlands strove to maintain their cultures and to defend their autonomy. The gradual and fragmentary adaptation of Western constitutional ideas, military reforms, cultural practices and economic penetration began to undermine these ruling ideologies and institutions, leading to the collapse of all five empires in revolution and war within little more than a decade between 1911 and 1923.
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Stalin and the struggle for supremacy in Eurasia
\"Conceived as a sequel to The Struggle for the Eurasian Borderlands, this book radically shifts the focus away from a comparison of the centuries' old competition among multi-cultural conquest empires for hegemony in Eurasia to the Soviet Union, the central player in the renewal of that contest in the first half of the twentieth century. Many of the issues remain the same, but the cast of characters has changed. The Soviet Union was heir to much of the territory of the Russian Empire and many of its problems both foreign and domestic flowed from that hard won inheritance. But its response was radically different. Its new leaders were engaged in transforming its foreign policy as part of re-building of a multi-national state. From the outset they were obliged to enter into complex and often contradictory relations with a ring of smaller and weaker successor states, constituting the new borderlands, which had replaced the rival empires all along their frontiers. In many cases these borderland states were allies or clients of the major powers and perceived by the Soviet government as hostile or threatening\"--Provided by publisher.
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Academic Freedom in Danger. Fact Files on the ‘CEU Affair’
In the beginning of April this year, the Hungarian Parliament passed two amendments to the existing educational law, which in their particular formulation targeted specifically the renowned Central European University in Budapest and sought to undermine the legal basis of its existence in Hungary. In four contributions leading academics and a PhD student of the History Department of the Central European University place the latest events in context, provide insights into the institutional set-up and the development of the History Department, and explain why this institution is special and worth fighting for.
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The Imperial Russian Project : Autocratic Politics, Economic Development, and Social Fragmentation
\"A pioneer in the field of Russian and Soviet studies in the West, Alfred J. Rieber's five decade career has focused on increasing our understanding of the Russian Empire from Peter the Great to the coming of the First World War. The Imperial Russian Project is a collection of Rieber's lifetime of work, focusing on three interconnected themes of this time period: the role of reform in the process of state building, the interaction of state and social movements, and alternative visions of economic development. This volume contains Rieber's previously published, classic essays, edited and updated, as well as newly written works that together provide a well-integrated framework for reflection on this topic. Rieber argues that Russia's style of autocratic governance not only reflected the personalities of the rulers but also the challenges of overcoming economic backwardness in a society lacking common citizenship and a cohesive ruling class. The Imperial Russian Project reveals how during the nineteenth century the tsar was obliged to operate within a changing and more complex world, reducing his options and restricting his freedom of action.\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The Imperial Russian Project
The Imperial Russian Project is a collection of
Rieber's lifetime of work, focusing on three interconnected themes
of this time period: the role of reform in the process of state
building, the interaction of state and social movements, and
alternative visions of economic development.
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Boris Vasilevich Anan’ich (1931–2015)
[...]despite evidence of entrepreneurial vigor and adaptation of new forms of organization, the banks were still constrained and their investment activities limited by the centralizing power of the state. [...]the overall picture was mixed. Without underplaying the negative aspects of his personal life and career, the book ends on a strongly positive note.13 The third major work of this decade was a magisterial study on the relationship between power and reform in Russian history from the formation of the Russian state to the end of NEP. [...]this interest was closely related to his critical and analytical approach to the evidence of the activities that they chose to leave behind; for many years he taught a university seminar in \"the memoir as historical source\".16 Tolstoi was a distinguished numismatist and archaeologist, and vice president of the Imperial Russian Academy of Arts, when Witte tapped him to be his Minister of Education in the tumultuous years of 1904-05. Alfred J. Rieber, Budapest 1 I am particularly grateful to Nicholas Breyfogle, associate professor of history at Ohio State University and Muriel Joffe, Executive Director for International Programs at the University of Maryland University College for their recollections. 2 For a detailed description of these difficult years and complex events see V. M. PANEIAKH Tvorchestvo i sud'ba istorika:
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Teaching Ukraine in a Comparative Context
The question of how to teach Ukrainian history in the twenty-first century has been raised as part of a general trend in historiography called \"historical politics,\" or the \"politization of history.\" The idea that history is politics in another dimension is not, to be sure, a new one. Nor has it been confined to one region or, at least since the early nineteenth century, to one historical period. One has only to reflect on the debates over the significance of the French Revolution in French historiography or the recent \"culture wars\" over history textbooks in the US to recognize the rhetoric and the stakes of the game. However, the term has acquired a particular meaning and relevance in the former communist bloc. Here, since the collapse of the system, the massive delegitimization of the officially endorsed and enforced canon of Marxism-Leninism, whatever its minor national variations, is a unique event in the writing and teaching of history.
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Imperial Rule
Renowned academics compare major features of imperial rule in the 19th century, reflecting a significant shift away from nationalism and toward empires in the studies of state building. The book responds to the current interest in multi-unit formations, such as the European Union and the expanded outreach of the United States.
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Stalin as Historian and Legalist
Stalin as a historian hardly surprises; as a legalist perhaps more so. Stalin was a historical materialist who believed in law governed processes operating dialectically. The course of history was determined to the extent that social change and political institutions were founded on economic foundations. To that extent he fit the classic mold of Marxism. However, he embraced a theoretical innovation first introduced by Georgi Plekhanov and adopted by Lenin, that the political superstructure enjoyed a degree of autonomy in its capacity to intervene in the substructure, depending on historical circumstances, thus accelerating the trajectory toward socialism. He followed Lenin’s
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