1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460391403321

Autore

Harcave Sidney <1916-2008., >

Titolo

Count Sergei Witte and the twilight of Imperial Russia : a biography / / Sidney Harcave

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-315-70540-0

1-317-47374-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 p.)

Disciplina

947.08/3/092

B

Soggetti

Statesmen - Russia

Electronic books.

Russia Politics and government 1894-1917

Russia Economic policy 1861-1917

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2004 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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



the first biography of Witte in English.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454825103321

Autore

Bosworth R. J. B.

Titolo

Italy and the wider world 1860-1960 / / R.J.B. Bosworth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-134-78089-3

1-280-15742-9

0-203-43626-1

0-203-28609-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Disciplina

945/.08

Soggetti

Civilization - Italian influences

Civilization, Modern - 19th century

Electronic books.

Italy Foreign relations

Italy Emigration and immigration

Italy Civilization 1789-1900

Italy Civilization 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-240) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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;

Sommario/riassunto

`It would be difficult to imagine a more wittier or stimulating text.' Paul



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.