Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Transliteration and System of Citing Dates xi
5. Introduction xiii
6. I. Creative Writer to Historian 1766 -1800 1
7. 2. The Sage and Political Pundit 1800 - 3 34
8. 3. Historian and Man at Court: Karamzin and Russian Society 1803 - 26 62
9. 4. The History: Textbook for Emperors and Citizens 99
10. 5. The History and Russian Society in the Nineteenth Century 129
11. 6. Karamzin and 'Statist' Thought in Nineteenth-Century Russian Historical Writing 156
12. Conclusion 187
13. Notes 191
14. Glossary of Russian Terms 239
15. Select Bibliography 241
16. Karamzin's Works: English Translations 248
17. Appendix 251
18. Index 257