Gregory L. Freeze
Auteur van Russia: A History
Over de Auteur
Werken van Gregory L. Freeze
From Supplication to Revolution: A Documentary Social History of Imperial Russia (1988) 24 exemplaren
Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Friz, Gregori L.
- Geboortedatum
- 1945-05-09
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Dayton, Ohio, USA
- Opleiding
- DePauw University (BA|1967)
Columbia University (MA|1968)
Columbia University (PhD ∙ 1972) - Beroepen
- Professor of History
- Organisaties
- Brandeis University
Leden
Besprekingen
Lijsten
Prijzen
Misschien vindt je deze ook leuk
Statistieken
- Werken
- 5
- Leden
- 354
- Populariteit
- #67,648
- Waardering
- 3.5
- Besprekingen
- 3
- ISBNs
- 15
- Talen
- 1
The broad temporal sweep (400 pages for 500 years) seems like it'd be aimed at newcomers to the country's history, but I found I had to supplement the text with Wikipedia on nearly every page simply to understand the terms and historical figures used without introduction. People who don't need that sort of help might be bored by the overview.
Still, the subject matter is fascinating; despite several different authors writing for different eras, the link between historical causation still stands out. The consistent failure to divide land in an intelligent manner, the incompetency of the ruling class and the repeated way that reform always seemed to make things worse could be described as the major themes.… (meer)