Empire speaks out : languages of rationalization and self-description in the Russian Empire / / edited by Ilya Gerasimov, Jan Kusber and Alexander Semyonov.

• Superior document: Russian history and culture, v. 1
• TeilnehmendeR: Gerasimov, Ilʹi͡a.; Kusber, Jan.; Semyonov, Alexander.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Idioma: English
• Series: Russian history and culture (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 1.
• Descrición Física: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Notas: "Published ... within the collective research project 'Languages of Self Description and Representation in the Russian Empire'"--T.p. verso.

Historians habitually write about empires that expand, wage wars, and collapse, as if empires were self-evident and self-conscious entities with a distinct and clear sense of purpose. The stories of empires are told in the language of modern nation-centred social sciences: multi-cultural and heterog...