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America through Russian Eyes, 1874-1926 (Hardcover)
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America through Russian Eyes, 1874-1926 (Hardcover)
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To view the familiar from a different perspective is always
enlightening. This engaging collection of travel accounts by
Russian writers who visited America around the turn of the century
offers fresh insights into both the American experience and the
Russian mind. The documents, most of which appear in English for
the first time, and interwoven with explanatory comments by Olga
Peters Hasty and Susanne Fusso. The anthology begins in 1874 with
young Machtet, who enthusiastically describes his journey across
the prairie to a tiny utopian community in Kansas. Next Vladimir
Korolenko gives his impressions of the stockyards of Chicago, and
Vladimir Bogoraz observes fellow-passengers coming into New York
harbor and traveling on a trans-continental train. With Gorky's
visit in 1906, the tone of the Russian visitors' renderings of
America changes. Because of the rise of Bolshevism, Russian
travelers are inclined to convey negative impressions of America
and to focus on its dramatic rise as an industrial power. Gorky's
invective is followed by the commentaries of Sergei Esenin and
Vladimir Mayakovsky that are also critical of American life but
express admiration for American technology and know-how.
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