Training the Nihilists; Education and Radicalism in Tsarist Russia

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1975. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 248, [6] pages. Includes a table on Education of Russian radicals, as well as a table on Social Origins of Russian radicals. Also contains a chart on the process of radical recruitment in Tsarist Russia: A conceptual model, as well as a Note on Transliteration and Abbreviations, Footnotes, Tables, Selected Bibliography, and Index. This was a review copy (slip laid in). Erasure residue on fep. Daniel R. Brower was a historian of Russia, Europe, and the modern world. He was a member of the UC-Davis Department of History for 38 years, retiring in July 2006. Brower received the Ph.D. degree from Columbia University, with its famed program in Russian history. In the Russian field, he wrote enduringly read and oft-cited books: Training the Nihilists: Education and Radicalism in Tsarist Russia, The Russian City between Tradition and Modernity, 1850–1900, Turkestan and the Fate of the Russian Empire. His talents and hard work resulted in a richly productive career and an international reputation as a first-rank scholar. The author traces the evolution of the student community in secondary and higher education, and shows how by the 1860's a unique student movement had appeared which spread unrest among the schools and made defiance of authority a part of the educational experience of many students. The creation of rebellious students and intellectuals trained recruits for revolution. Condition: very good / Very good.

Keywords: Tsarist Russia, Russian Revolution, Student Rebellion, Nihilists, Dissent, Radicals

ISBN: 0801408741

[Book #78892]

Price: $50.00

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