{"product_id":"the-petrine-revolution-in-russian-culture-9780674013162","title":"The Petrine Revolution in Russian Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe reforms initiated by Peter the Great transformed Russia not only into a European power, but into a European culture--a shift, argues Cracraft, that was nothing less than revolutionary. The author of seminal works on visual culture in the Petrine era, Cracraft now turns his attention to the changes that occurred in Russian verbal culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[This is] the third volume of \u003cb\u003eJames Cracraft\u003c\/b\u003e’s authoritative study of what he terms Peter’s ‘cultural revolution’… In his first two volumes Cracraft dealt with architecture and the arts. In \u003ci\u003eThe Petrine Revolution in Russian Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, the focus is on ‘verbal culture’: the creation of what was virtually a new language, with a greatly expanded vocabulary, written in a ‘civil script’ suited to printed publication… James Cracraft provides a solid and thorough evaluation of Petrine Russia’s great leap forward in the arts of civilization. -- John Keep * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eThis volume is the third, final, and most synthetic of the massive study of Petrine culture that \u003cb\u003eJames Cracraft\u003c\/b\u003e undertook nearly two decades ago. Taken together, the works amount to an unquestionable \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e by an outstanding historian of early modern Russia… As ever, Cracraft is an elegant expositor whose points of view are equally accessible to specialists and general readers… What we have, then, is something more than the proverbial welcome addition to the field. Cracraft has provided us with a genuinely important work, the capstone of decades of study, that deserves a wide audience and discussion. -- Gary Marker * American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003eThe work demonstrates for historians and political scientists how new avenues might be taken to illuminate the State’s exercise of power in Russia. Furthermore, it should serve as a spur for novel approaches in the study of statecraft in general. -- Andrew Gentes * Australian, Slavic, and East European Studies *\u003cbr\u003eNo previous author has attempted to document the changes in the Russian language during Peter the Great’s reign by setting such a wide range of texts in historical context—with full reference to the European background—in a discussion accessible to non-specialists. \u003cb\u003eJames Cracraft\u003c\/b\u003e extends the definition of literature beyond \u003ci\u003ebelles lettres\u003c\/i\u003e and private writings, in which the Petrine era is relatively poor, to ‘verbal culture,’ in which it is rich, thereby offering a much wider range of material from a crucial age of reform and allowing exploration of such phenomena as the vocabulary of political power. In no other work in print in English can one find such detailed expositions of the publishing history and contents of such key texts as the Naval Statute and Military Statutes. Cracraft’s judicious interpretation will be invaluable to serious students of Russian history. This is a work of immense erudition and a major contribution to scholarship. -- Lindsey Hughes, University College London\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFigures   Preface   Note on Dates and Transliteration    1. Introduction  Historiography  Language, Culture, Modernity  Russian before Peter    2. The Nautical Turn  Russia in Maritime Europe  The Naval Statute of 1720  Other Nautical Texts  Institutionalization    3. Military Modernization  Military Revolutions: Europe to Russia  The Military Statute of 1716  Textbooks and Schools    4. Bureaucratic Revolution  Advent of the Modern European State  The Petrine State  The General Regulation of 1720  Regulations and Justifications    5. Science and Literature  Geometry, Geography, History  Eloquence, Theology, Philosophy  The Academy    6. The Language Question  The Print Revolution in Russia  Lexical Proliferation  Dictionaries and Grammars  Russian after Peter    7. Conclusion  The Petrine Revolution in Russia  The Persistence of Muscovy    Abbreviations   Appendix I: Texts   Appendix II: Words   Notes   Bibliography   Index","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359087853911,"sku":"9780674013162","price":67.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674013162.jpg?v=1754123534","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-petrine-revolution-in-russian-culture-9780674013162","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}