A people born to slavery : Russia in early modern European ethnography, 1476-1748 /

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"Many Americans and Europeans have for centuries viewed Russia as a despotic country in which people are inclined to accept suffering and oppression. What are the origins of this stereotype of Russia as a society fundamentally apart from nations in the West, and how accurate is it?" "...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Poe, Marshall
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2000.
Series:Studies of the Harriman Institute.
Subjects:
Public opinion > Europe.
Opinion publique > Europe.
HISTORY > Europe > Eastern.
HISTORY > Europe > Former Soviet Republics.
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
International relations.
Public opinion.
Public opinion, European.
Öffentliche Meinung
Auslandsbeziehungen
Russia (Federation) > Foreign public opinion, European.
Russia (Federation) > Relations > Europe.
Europe > Relations > Russia.
Russia > Relations > Europe.
Russia > Foreign public opinion, European.
Europe > Relations > Russie.
Europe.
Russia.
Russia (Federation)
Russland
Europa
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Terra incognita: the earliest European descriptions of Muscovy
  • Legatus ad Moscoviam: European ambassadors and the origin of "Russian tyranny"
  • Necessarium malum: European residents and the origin of "Russian tyranny"
  • Rerum Moscoviticarum: Herberstein and the origin of "Russian tyranny"
  • Tyrannis sine tyranno: political categories and the origin of "Russian tyranny"
  • Simplex dominatus: Russian government in European political science
  • Was Muscovy a despotism?

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