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Peter the Great: The Struggle for Power, 1671-1725 (New Studies in European History)
by Bushkovitch, Paul
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0521805856
- ISBN 13
- 9780521805858
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About This Item
Cambridge University Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. 6x1x8. A firm and square hardback with strong joints, and sharp corners just showing a few very minor cosmetic rubs. Hence a non-text page has a small 'damaged' stamp. Despite such this book is actually in nearly new condition. Thus the contents are crisp, fresh and tight. Also, no pen-marks and not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Now offered for sale at a very sensible price.
Synopsis
A new narrative of the fifty years of political struggles at the Russian court, 1671-1725. This book shows how Peter the Great was not the all-powerful tsar working alone to reform Russia, but that he colluded with powerful and contentious aristocrats in order to achieve his goals. After the early victory of Peter's boyar supporters in the 1690s, Peter turned against them and tried to rule through favourites - an experiment which ended in the establishment of a decentralised 'aristocratic' administration, followed by an equally aristocratic Senate in 1711. The aristocrats' hegemony came to an end in the wake of the affair of Peter's son, tsarevich Aleksei, in 1718. After that moment Peter ruled through a complex group of favourites, a few aristocrats, and appointees promoted through merit, and carried out his most long-lasting reforms. The outcome was a new balance of power at the centre and a new, European, conception of politics.
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- Bookseller
- Prior Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 202216
- Title
- Peter the Great: The Struggle for Power, 1671-1725 (New Studies in European History)
- Author
- Bushkovitch, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0521805856
- ISBN 13
- 9780521805858
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 6x1x8
- X weight
- 32 oz
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