{"product_id":"modernization-from-the-other-shore-9780674011519","title":"Modernization from the Other Shore","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the late 19th century to the eve of World War II, America’s experts on Russia watched as Russia and the USSR embarked on a course of rapid industrialization. In his examination of this era, Engerman underscores the key role economic development played in America's understanding of Russia and explores its profound effects on U.S. policy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on extraordinary archival research, Engerman's gripping study is historical scholarship at its most impressive. -- Anders Stephanson, Columbia University\u003cbr\u003eDavid Engerman has written an original and imaginatively conceived inquiry into cultural perception as a form of social power--and moral challenge. Deftly weaving together Russian and American history, he recounts how U.S. foreign policy intellectuals and experts of all political persuasions allowed persistent cultural stereotypes and universalistic visions of the future to justify unimaginable suffering and death in Russia. This timely and important book speaks urgently not only to haunting moral questions of the century past but also to those in the present. -- Thomas Bender, New York University\u003cbr\u003eAn original, highly stimulating, and beautifully written exploration of the cultural dimension of U.S.-Russian relations. By placing American perceptions of Russia in a broad historical and conceptual context, Engerman recaptures outlooks and frameworks that were at one time central to all serious thinking about international relations. In today's era of globalization, the problems of universalism and particularism that lie at the core of his account are every bit as relevant for us as they were to his historical protagonists. -- Frank Ninkovich, St. John's University\u003cbr\u003eAn impressive work in a number of ways, deeply grounded in primary sources, and exceptionally well written, David Engerman's book is a treasure trove for students of Russian-American relations. -- Abbott Gleason, Brown University\u003cbr\u003eReaders of Mr. Engerman's book will be struck by parallels to current globalization debates between ascendant universalists and skeptical particularists. -- Bertrand M. Patenaude * Wall Street Journal *\u003cbr\u003eThis fascinating, full-blown account of how Russia was reflected in the American mind ranges from the late 1800s, across the 1917 Revolution, and into the harsh, hopeful, tragic assault of modernization in the 1930s...Engerman digs deep into decades of published and unpublished writings by a broad spectrum of Russia experts and traces with skill their impact on government. -- Robert Legvold * Foreign Affairs *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: From the Other Shore    Part I: Autocratic Russia, Lethargic Russians   1. An Empire of Climate   2. Endurance without Limit   3. Studying Our Nearest Oriental Neighbor      Part II: Revolutionary Russia, Instinctual Russians   4. Little above the Brute   5. Sheep without a Shepherd   6. Feeding the Mute Millions of Muzhiks      Part III: Modernizing Russia, Backward Russians   7. New Society, New Scholars   8. The Romance of Economic Development   9. Starving Itself Great   10. Scratch a Soviet and You'll Find a Russian      Epilogue: Russian Expertise in an Age of Social Science      Sources   Abbreviations   Notes   Acknowledgments   Index","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359087133015,"sku":"9780674011519","price":67.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674011519.jpg?v=1754123529","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/modernization-from-the-other-shore-9780674011519","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}