Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-379) and index.
Contents:
I: Autocratic Russia, lethargic Russians -- 1. An empire of climate -- 2. Endurance without limit -- 3. Studying our nearest Oriental neighbor -- II: Revolutionary Russia, instinctual Russians -- 4. Little above the Brute -- 5. Sheep without a shepherd -- 6. Feeding the mute millions of Muzhiks -- III: Modernizing Russia, backward Russians -- 7. New society, new scholars -- 8. The romance of economic development -- 9. Starving itself great -- 10. Scratch a Soviet and you'll find a Russian -- Russian expertise in an age of social science.
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