{"product_id":"scenarios-of-power-9780691123745","title":"Scenarios of Power","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents descriptions of coronations, funerals, parades, trips through the realm, and historical celebrations. This book reveals how these ceremonies were constructed or reconstructed to fit the political and cultural narratives in the lives and reigns of successive tsars. It also describes the upbringing of the heirs as well as their roles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCo-Winner of the 2006 Etkind Prize, Best Book by a Western Scholar on Russian Literature\/Culture, European University at St. Petersburg Winner of the 2000 George L. Mosse Prize, American Historical Association Praise for Princeton's original edition: \"A major contribution to the history of Russia, one from which every serious student of that country's tragic destiny will learn.\"--Abbott Gleason, Journal of Modern History Praise for Princeton's original edition: \"[This book] is not just a history of regal rhetoric and rituals but a rich and vivid panorama of the manners and sensibilities, of the educational theories and systems of belief, of the art and literature, the music and the architecture by which the Russian monarchy shaped a cultural language to evoke loyalty, reverence, and awe from its servitors and subjects.\"--Orlando Figes, Times Literary Supplement Praise for Princeton's original edition: \"A brief review can hardly do justice to the wealth of information and sophistication of analysis here; if the outline of Wortman's story is familiar, his telling of it is refreshingly new... Eschewing the kind of treacly romanticism that tends to transform [the tsars] with their many egregious faults into tragic heroes, Wortman enriches our understanding of why they made certain personal choices so ill-suited for the nation they undeniably loved.\"--Louise McReynolds, Slavic Review Praise for Princeton's original edition: \"The formidable variety of evidence Wortman has amassed in this volume for his novel conclusions about the nature of Russian autocracy and downfall of the Romanovs puts Scenarios of Power at the top of the reading list not just for the serious students of Imperial Russia but for all scholars interested in the power of cultural symbols to shape history.\"--Priscilla Roosevelt, Russian Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eILLUSTRATIONS vii  ABBREVIATIONS ix  PREFATORY NOTE xi      INTRODUCTION: Scenarios of Power 1      PART ONE: THE EUROPEAN MYTH 7      CHAPTER ONE: Signs of Empire 9  CHAPTER TWO: Peter the Great 21  CHAPTER THREE: Olympian Scenarios 40  CHAPTER FOUR: The Education of Princes and the Dilemma of Neoclassicism 73  CHAPTER FIVE: The Emperor Paul I 85  CHAPTER SIX: The Angel on the Throne 98  CHAPTER SEVEN: Nicholas I 120  CHAPTER EIGHT: Epitomes of the Nation 142  CHAPTER NINE: Parents and Son 166  CHAPTER TEN: Alexander II and the Scenario of Love 189  CHAPTER ELEVEN: The Tsar-Emancipator 205  CHAPTER TWELVE: The Crisis of Autocracy 219      PART TWO: A NATIONAL MYTH 243      CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Making of a Russian Tsar 245  CHAPTER FOURTEEN: The Inauguration of a National Myth 263  CHAPTER FIFTEEN: The Resurrection of Muscovy 282  CHAPTER SIXTEEN: The Life and Death of a Russian Tsar 303  CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Nicholas II as Heir and Husband 317  CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: The Accession and Coronation of Nicholas II 334  CHAPTER NINETEEN: Demonstrations of Godliness 347  CHAPTER TWENTY: Nicholas II and the Revolution of 1905 361  CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: Historical Celebrations 377  CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: Nicholas II and World War I 397      CONCLUSION 411  NOTES 415  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 449  INDEX 453","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403739242839,"sku":"9780691123745","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691123745.jpg?v=1730484406","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/scenarios-of-power-9780691123745","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}