Publication

2003 - Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J, New Jersey

Language

English

Word Count

98,250 words, Guess

Page Count

393 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
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  • Goodreads2119420

Classifications

  • LCCDK32.M274 2003

Description

Marks shows that...Russia's lines of influence were many and reached far. Russia gave the world new ways of writing novels. It launched cutting-edge trends in ballet, theater, and art that revolutionized contemporary cultural life. The Russian anarchist movement benignly shaped the rise of vegetarianism and environmentalism while also giving birth to the violent methods of modern terrorist organizations. Tolstoy's visions of nonviolent resistance inspired Gandhi and the U.S. Civil Rights movement at the same time that Russian anti-Semitic conspiracy theories intoxicated right-wing extremists the world over. And dictators from Mussolini and Hitler to Mao and Saddam Hussein learned from the experiments of the Soviet regime.

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Other Editions

  • How Russia shaped the modern worldPrinceton University Press2003-01-01

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