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BL
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1042194
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b796564
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| Main Entry
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Bradley, Joseph.
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| Title & Author
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Voluntary associations in Tsarist Russia : : science, patriotism, and civil society /\ Joseph Bradley.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, Mass. :: Harvard University Press,, 2009.
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1 online resource (xiv, 366 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0674053605
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: 9780674053601
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0674032799
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9780674032798
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-352) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction : Russian associations -- European societies and the state : Russia in comparative perspective -- The application of science : the Free Economic Society and the Moscow Agricultural Society -- The quest for national identity : the Russian Geographical Society -- Patriotism and useful knowledge : the Society of Friends of Natural History -- Government and the public trust : the Russian Technical Society and education for industry -- Advocacy in the public sphere : scientific congresses -- Conclusion : an unstable partnership.
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| Abstract
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This text investigates the role of learned, mostly scientific societies in building civil society in imperial Russia. It challenges the idea that Russia did not have the building blocks of a democratic society.
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Associations, institutions, etc-- Russia-- History.
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Civil society-- Russia-- History.
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Associations, institutions, etc.
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Civil society.
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Freiwillige Vereinigung
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HISTORY-- Europe-- Russia the Former Soviet Union.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- General.
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Russia.
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Russland.
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| Dewey Classification
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369.0947/09034
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| LC Classification
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HS71.R8B73 2009eb
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NO 7240rvk
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NO 7240.rvk
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