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Voluntary associations in Tsarist Russia : science, patriotism, and civil society /

This text investigates the role of learned, mostly scientific societies in building civil society in imperial Russia. It challenges the idea that Russia did not have the building blocks of a democratic society.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bradley, Joseph
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Russian associations
  • European societies and the state : Russia in comparative perspective
  • The application of science : the Free Economic Society and the Moscow Agricultural Society
  • The quest for national identity : the Russian Geographical Society
  • Patriotism and useful knowledge : the Society of Friends of Natural History
  • Government and the public trust : the Russian Technical Society and education for industry
  • Advocacy in the public sphere : scientific congresses
  • Conclusion : an unstable partnership.