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The enterprisers : the politics of school in early modern Russia / Igor Fedyukin.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190845032 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Naval education -- Russia -- History -- 18th century | Education and state -- Russia -- History -- 18th century | Educational change -- Russia -- History -- 18th century | Entrepreneurship -- Political aspects -- Russia -- History -- 18th century | Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725 -- Political and social viewsAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190845001DDC classification: 359.0071147 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Fedyukin draws on a wealth of unpublished archival sources to demonstrate that the evolution of 'modern' schools in Russia under Peter I and his successors was driven not by the omnipresent monarch or the impersonal state, but rather by the efforts of 'administrative entrepreneurs' seeking to advance their own agendas.| Item type | Current library | Copy number | Status | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Previously issued in print: 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fedyukin draws on a wealth of unpublished archival sources to demonstrate that the evolution of 'modern' schools in Russia under Peter I and his successors was driven not by the omnipresent monarch or the impersonal state, but rather by the efforts of 'administrative entrepreneurs' seeking to advance their own agendas.
Specialized.
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