Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-352) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR 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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JSTOR
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22573/ctt1348bms
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Title
Voluntary associations in Tsarist Russia.
International Standard Book Number
9780674032798
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Associations, institutions, etc-- Russia-- History.
Civil society-- Russia-- History.
Associations, institutions, etc.
Civil society.
Freiwillige Vereinigung
HISTORY-- Europe-- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.