Russia in Motion - Cultures of Human Mobility since 1850 (Hardcover)

Since its rapid imperial expansion in the seventeenth century, Russia's politics, society, and culture have exerted a profound influence on movement throughout Eurasia. The circulation of people, information, and things across Russian space transformed populations, restructured collective and individual identities, and created enduring legacies. This volume represents the latest discoveries of scholars attempting to rediscover this experience, and to understand its lasting meaning for today. These gathered essays tell a broad range of stories, involving a remarkable cross-section of historical actors: imperial visionaries, stage-coach entrepreneurs, religious pilgrims, tourists, disability activists and metropolitan police, among others. The book illuminates three major themes: the role of human mobility in Russian governance; the processes by which people decide where and how to move; and the political and cultural power of different kinds of movement. A strong contribution to our understanding of the history of Russia and the Soviet Union, this volume offers new models of research for historians, sociologists, political scientists, and others who are seeking to integrate the study of human mobility into their work. Contributors are Eugene M. Avrutin, Alexandra Bekasova, Faith Hillis, Gijs Kessler, Diane P. Koenker, Chia Yin Hsu, Eileen Kane, Anne Lounsbery, Matthew Light, Sarah D. Phillips, John Randolph, Anatolyi Remnev, Jeff Sahadeo, Frithjof Benjamin Schenk, Charles Steinwedel, Willard Sunderland, and Elena Tyuryukanova.

General

Imprint:	University of Illinois Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies of World Migrations
Release date:	June 2012
First published:	June 2012
Editors:	John Randolph • Eugene M Avrutin
Contributors:	Eugene M Avrutin • Alexandra Bekasova • Faith Hillis • Gijs Kessler • Diane P. Koenker • Chia Yin Hsu • Eileen Kane • Anne Lounsbery
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-0-252-03703-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Promotions
LSN:	0-252-03703-0
Barcode:	9780252037030

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