Author: D.G. KirbyPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349023019
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
Finland and Russia, 1808-1920
Author: D.G. KirbyPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349023019
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
Finland and Russia, 1808-1920. From Autonomy to Indepence. A Selection of Documents. Ed. and Transl. by D.G. Kirby
Author: David G. KirbyFinland and Russia, 1809-1920
Author: D. G. KirbyFinland an D Russia 1808-1920
Author: Finland and Europe
Author: Juhani PaasivirtaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Late Imperial Russia, 1890-1917
Author: John F. HutchinsonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317881699
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
This new interpretation of the final years of Imperial Russia provides a clear and concise introduction to a critical period in the history of modern Russia. Professor Hutchinson outlines the key problems facing the Tsarist regime, and the attitudes of its Liberal critics and revolutionary enemies. In particular, he considers how the monarchy was able to withstand the uprisings of 1904-06, but failed in 1917. This important new study provides an analysis of social, as well as political developments, and concludes with a brief historiographical essay which draws together alternative interpretations of the final years of the Tsars.
Nonviolent Action
Author: Ronald M. McCarthyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135067538
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
This comprehensive guide to research, sources, and theories about nonviolent action as a technique of struggle in social and political conficts discusses the methods and techniques used by groups in various encounters. Although violence and its causes have received a great deal of attention, nonviolent action has not received its due as an international phenomenon with a long history. An introduction that explains the theories and research used in the study provides a practical guide to this essential bibliography of English-language sources. The first part of the book covers case-study materials divided by region and subdivided by country. Within each country, materials are arranged chronologically and topically. The second major part examines the methods and theory of nonviolent action, principled nonviolence, and several closely related areas in social science, such as conflict analysis and social movements. The book is indexed by author and subject.
Jean Sibelius and His World
Author: Daniel M. GrimleyPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400840201
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
New perspectives on the greatest Finnish composer of all time Perhaps no twentieth-century composer has provoked a more varied reaction among the music-loving public than Jean Sibelius (1865–1957). Originally hailed as a new Beethoven by much of the Anglo-Saxon world, he was also widely disparaged by critics more receptive to newer trends in music. At the height of his popular appeal, he was revered as the embodiment of Finnish nationalism and the apostle of a new musical naturalism. Yet he seemingly chose that moment to stop composing altogether, despite living for three more decades. Providing wide cultural contexts, contesting received ideas about modernism, and interrogating notions of landscape and nature, Jean Sibelius and His World sheds new light on the critical position occupied by Sibelius in the Western musical tradition. The essays in the book explore such varied themes as the impact of Russian musical traditions on Sibelius, his compositional process, Sibelius and the theater, his understanding of music as a fluid and improvised creation, his critical reception in Great Britain and America, his "late style" in the incidental music for The Tempest, and the parallel contemporary careers of Sibelius and Richard Strauss. Documents include the draft of Sibelius's 1896 lecture on folk music, selections from a roman à clef about his student circle in Berlin at the turn of the century, Theodor Adorno's brief but controversial tirade against the composer, and the newspaper debates about the Sibelius monument unveiled in Helsinki a decade after the composer's death. The contributors are Byron Adams, Leon Botstein, Philip Ross Bullock, Glenda Dawn Goss, Daniel Grimley, Jeffrey Kallberg, Tomi Mäkelä, Sarah Menin, Max Paddison, and Timo Virtanen.
Finland and Russia, 1808-1920
Author: D. G. KirbyHistorical Dictionary of Finland
Author: Titus HjelmPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538111543
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
Finland was part of Sweden until 1809, it then became a Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire until it declared its independence on December 6, 1917. From these humble beginnings, Finland has emerged as an important player in the European Union and the world. Historical Dictionary of Finland, Third Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 300 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Finland.