Whittaker's intellectual biography, based on research in Russia and Finland, offers a striking reinterpretation of Uvarov's career and of the quality of Russian intellectual life in his age and in assuring his country's place in the mainstream of European educational development. With its wealth of new insights, The Origins of Modern Russian Education will be of interest to readers, specialists and nonspecialists alike who are concerned with nineteenth-century Russia and with the history of education in general.
Whittaker's intellectual biography, based on research in Russia and Finland, offers a striking reinterpretation of Uvarov's career and of the quality of Russian intellectual life in his age and in assuring his country's place in the mainstream of European educational development. With its wealth of new insights, The Origins of Modern Russian Education will be of interest to readers, specialists and nonspecialists alike who are concerned with nineteenth-century Russia and with the history of education in general.
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The Origins of Modern Russian Education: An Intellectual Biography of Count Sergei Uvarov, 1786-1855
358Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780875809847 |
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Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
Publication date: | 02/24/2011 |
Series: | NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies |
Edition description: | 1 |
Pages: | 358 |
Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |