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Marshall T. Poe - A People Born to Slavery: Russia in Early Modern European Ethnography, 1476–1748 - 9780801437984 - V9780801437984
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A People Born to Slavery: Russia in Early Modern European Ethnography, 1476–1748

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Description for A People Born to Slavery: Russia in Early Modern European Ethnography, 1476–1748 Hardback. Series: Studies in the Humanities. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JFCX; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 645.

Many Americans and Europeans have for centuries viewed Russia as a despotic country in which people are inclined to accept suffering and oppression. What are the origins of this stereotype of Russia as a society fundamentally apart from nations in the West, and how accurate is it?

In the first book devoted to answering these questions, Marshall T. Poe traces the roots of today's perception of Russia and its people to the eyewitness descriptions of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century European travelers. His fascinating account—the most complete review of early modern European writings about Russia ever undertaken—explores how the image of ... Read more

Poe, the preeminent scholar of these valuable primary sources, carefully assesses their reliability. He argues convincingly that although the foreigners exaggerated the degree of Russian "slavery," they accurately described their encounters and correctly concluded that the political culture of Muscovite autocracy was unlike that of European kingship. With his findings, Poe challenges the notion that all Europeans projected their own fantasies onto Russia. Instead, his evidence suggests that many early travelers produced, in essence, reliable ethnographies, not works of exotic "Orientalism."

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Studies in the Humanities
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801437984
SKU
V9780801437984
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About Marshall T. Poe
Marshall T. Poe is a Lecturer in History in the Department of Government and Society at the University of Limerick, Ireland.

Reviews for A People Born to Slavery: Russia in Early Modern European Ethnography, 1476–1748
Marshall Poe considerably advances the subject with a thoughtful and well-researched account of early modern European accounts of Russia. In this he explores the potent impression of Russian tyranny and argues that, far from being a projection of traveler's fantasies, the impression rested on an informed assessment of Russian developments.... This incisive study is of wider importance for its analysis ... Read more

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