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Voluntary Associations in Tsarist Russia
Science, Patriotism, and Civil Society
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English
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2009
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On the eve of World War I, Russia, not known as a nation of joiners, had thousands of voluntary associations. Joseph Bradley examines the crucial role of voluntary associations in the development of civil society in Russia from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century.
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This splendid book is lucidly written, shrewdly organized, well researched and forcefully argued. Bradley's contention that voluntary organizations played an indispensable role in the formation of Russian civil society is sound. His exploration of the relationship between voluntary associations and Russia's central government is both intelligent and richly suggestive for historians of Russian political culture. This is a first-rate book that will secure wide readership in Russian imperial history and modern European history.
-- Gary M. Hamburg, Claremont McKenna College
-- Gary M. Hamburg, Claremont McKenna College
Bradley adds significantly to our understanding of social processes and state-society relations in tsarist Russia. Educated Russians seized opportunities provided by the country's need for science and education and within the constraints maintained by the regime, they created something plausibly described as civil society. A major strength of the book is the consistent comparison with associational activity in Europe. Bradley makes an important contribution in showing that nineteenth-century Russia was not as different from its Western neighbors as many less well-documented accounts suggest.
-- Harley Balzer, Georgetown University
-- Harley Balzer, Georgetown University
This outstanding book presents an important new perspective on prerevolutionary Russian social and political history through its focus on private nongovernmental associations. While most other scholars have emphasized the paucity of voluntary associations and the overwhelming dominance of the state throughout Russian history, this exemplary study convincingly rebuts those viewpoints and argues that by the end of the 19th century, the burgeoning network of associations and societies had created the institutional basis for civil society in Russia.
-- N. M. Brooks Choice
-- N. M. Brooks Choice
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Contents
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Preface
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Illustrations
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Introduction. Russian Associations
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1. European Societies and the State. Russia in Comparative Perspective
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2. The Application of Science. The Free Economic Society and the Moscow Agricultural Society
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3. The Quest for National Identity The Russian Geographical Society
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4. Patriotism and Useful Knowledge The Society of Friends of Natural History
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5. Government and the Public Trust The Russian Technical Society and Education for Industry
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6. Advocacy in the Public Sphere Scientific Congresses
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Conclusion. An Unstable Partnership
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List of Abbreviations
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Notes
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Index
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