Information and Empire Mechanisms of Communication in Russia, 1600-1854
"From the mid-sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century Russia was transformed from a moderate-sized, land-locked principality into the largest empire on earth. How did systems of information and communication shape and reflect this extraordinary change? Information and Mechanisms of Communicatio...
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| Abstract | "From the mid-sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century Russia was transformed from a moderate-sized, land-locked principality into the largest empire on earth. How did systems of information and communication shape and reflect this extraordinary change? Information and Mechanisms of Communication in Russia, 1600-1850 brings together a range of contributions to shed some light on this complex question. Communication networks such as the postal service and the gathering and circulation of news are examined alongside the growth of a bureaucratic apparatus that informed the government about its country and its people. The inscription of space is considered from the point of view of mapping and the changing public ‘graphosphere’ of signs and monuments. More than a series of institutional histories, this book is concerned with the way Russia discovered itself, envisioned itself and represented itself to its people. Innovative and scholarly, this collection breaks new ground in its approach to communication and information as a field of study in Russia. More broadly, it is an accessible contribution to pre-modern information studies, taking as its basis a country whose history often serves to challenge habitual Western models of development. It is important reading not only for specialists in Russian Studies, but also for students and non-Russianists who are interested in the history of information and communications." |
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| AbstractList | From the mid-sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century Russia was transformed from a moderate-sized, land-locked principality into the largest empire on earth. How did systems of information and communication shape and reflect this extraordinary change? Information and Mechanisms of Communication in Russia, 1600-1850 brings together a range of contributions to shed some light on this complex question. Communication networks such as the postal service and the gathering and circulation of news are examined alongside the growth of a bureaucratic apparatus that informed the government about its country and its people. The inscription of space is considered from the point of view of mapping and the changing public ‘graphosphere’ of signs and monuments. More than a series of institutional histories, this book is concerned with the way Russia discovered itself, envisioned itself and represented itself to its people. Innovative and scholarly, this collection breaks new ground in its approach to communication and information as a field of study in Russia. More broadly, it is an accessible contribution to pre-modern information studies, taking as its basis a country whose history often serves to challenge habitual Western models of development. It is important reading not only for specialists in Russian Studies, but also for students and non-Russianists who are interested in the history of information and communications. "From the mid-sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century Russia was transformed from a moderate-sized, land-locked principality into the largest empire on earth. How did systems of information and communication shape and reflect this extraordinary change? Information and Mechanisms of Communication in Russia, 1600-1850 brings together a range of contributions to shed some light on this complex question. Communication networks such as the postal service and the gathering and circulation of news are examined alongside the growth of a bureaucratic apparatus that informed the government about its country and its people. The inscription of space is considered from the point of view of mapping and the changing public ‘graphosphere’ of signs and monuments. More than a series of institutional histories, this book is concerned with the way Russia discovered itself, envisioned itself and represented itself to its people. Innovative and scholarly, this collection breaks new ground in its approach to communication and information as a field of study in Russia. More broadly, it is an accessible contribution to pre-modern information studies, taking as its basis a country whose history often serves to challenge habitual Western models of development. It is important reading not only for specialists in Russian Studies, but also for students and non-Russianists who are interested in the history of information and communications." |
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| Notes | Relevant Wikipedia pages: Apothecary - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apothecary; Grand Duchy of Moscow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Moscow; Moscow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow; Russia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia; Saint Petersburg - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg |
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| TableOfContents | Front Matter
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
1.: Early Mapping:
2.: New Technology and the Mapping of Empire:
3.: Muscovy and the European Information Revolution:
4.: How Was Western Europe Informed about Muscovy?
5.: Communication and Obligation:
6.: Information and Efficiency:
7.: What Was News and How Was It Communicated in Pre-Modern Russia?
8.: Bureaucracy and Knowledge Creation:
9.: What Could the Empress Know About Her Money?
10.: Communication and Official Enlightenment:
11.: Information in Plain Sight:
12.: Experiencing Information:
Selected Further Reading
List of Figures
Index
Back Matter Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- 1. Early Mapping: The Tsardom in Manuscript -- 2. New Technology and the Mapping of Empire: The Adoption of the Astrolabe -- 3. Muscovy and the European Information Revolution: Creating the Mechanisms for Obtaining Foreign News -- 4. How Was Western Europe Informed about Muscovy? The Razin Rebellion in Focus -- 5. Communication and Obligation: The Postal System of the Russian Empire, 1700-1850 -- 6. Information and Efficiency: Russian Newspapers, ca.1700-1850 -- 7. What Was News and How Was It Communicated in Pre-Modern Russia? -- 8. Bureaucracy and Knowledge Creation: The Apothecary Chancery -- 9. What Could the Empress Know About Her Money? Russian Poll Tax Revenues in the Eighteenth Century -- 10. Communication and Official Enlightenment: The Journal of the Ministry of Public Education, 1834-1855 -- 11. Information in Plain Sight: The Formation of the Public Graphosphere -- 12. Experiencing Information: An Early Nineteenth-Century Stroll Along Nevskii Prospekt -- Selected Further Reading -- List of Figures -- Index |
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