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UNINA9910460391403321 |
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Autore |
Harcave Sidney <1916-2008., > |
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Titolo |
Count Sergei Witte and the twilight of Imperial Russia : a biography / / Sidney Harcave |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2015 |
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1-315-70540-0 |
1-317-47374-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (334 p.) |
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Statesmen - Russia |
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Russia Politics and government 1894-1917 |
Russia Economic policy 1861-1917 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 2004 by M.E. Sharpe. |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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1. The formative years, 1849-1865 -- 2. The Odessa years, 1865-1879 -- 3. St. Petersburg and Kiev, 1879-1891 -- 4. Monsieur Vite, 1889-1892 -- 5. Minister of finance, 1892-1894 -- 6. A new reign, an old course, 1894-1896 -- 7. The Witte system in operation, 1892-1899 -- 8. Questions of war and peace, 1896-1899 -- 9. Decline and fall, 1899-1903 -- 10. A mere spectator, 1903-1904 -- 11. Political Spring, July-December 1904 -- 12. In the wake of Bloody Sunday, January-June 1905 -- 13. Peach with honor? -- 14. Return home -- 15. Out of the frying pan, into the fire -- 16. Honeymoon? The first ten days -- 17. Keeping the promise of October 17 -- 18. Revolution and counterrevolution -- 19. "The loan that save Russia" -- 20. Implementing the October manifesto -- 21. The last lap -- 22. Exile? Assassination? May 1906-June 1907 -- 23. The Stolypin years, June 1907-September 1911 -- 24. Last years, 1911-1915. |
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Sergei Witte served as finance minister and later prime minister of Russia during the reigns of Alexander III and Nicholas II, and was in large part responsible for the development policies which saw Russia transformed from a peasant economy into an industrial nation. This is |
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the first biography of Witte in English. |
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UNINA9910454825103321 |
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Autore |
Bosworth R. J. B. |
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Titolo |
Italy and the wider world 1860-1960 / / R.J.B. Bosworth |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 1996 |
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1-134-78089-3 |
1-280-15742-9 |
0-203-43626-1 |
0-203-28609-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (263 p.) |
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Civilization - Italian influences |
Civilization, Modern - 19th century |
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Italy Foreign relations |
Italy Emigration and immigration |
Italy Civilization 1789-1900 |
Italy Civilization 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-240) and index. |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Tables; Preface; Introduction: The problem of Italy and the wider world 1860 1960; ITALIAN DIPLOMACY AND EUROPEAN POWER POLITICS 1860 1922; ITALIAN DIPLOMACY AND EUROPEAN POWER POLITICS 1922 60; THE ITALIAN MILITARY IN WAR AND PEACE 1860 1960; ITALIAN COMMERCE AND THE WIDER WORLD 1860 1960; THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ITALIAN EMPIRE 1860 1960; THE RISE AND RISE OF THE EMPIRE OF THE ITALIES: EMIGRATION 1860-1960; CULTURES AND IDEOLOGY FOR EXPORT: ITALY AND THE ITALIES 1860-1960; VISITING ITALY: TOURISM AND LEISURE 1860-1960; Conclusion; Notes; Index; |
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`It would be difficult to imagine a more wittier or stimulating text.' Paul |
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Preston, LSE. Bosworth challenges many aspects of current Italian historiography and offers an original and lively vision of the place of Italy in modern history. |
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