Reflections from Russia
Russia occupies an unusual position with respect to the European historiography of the United States. First, put bluntly, there is the question of whether it belongs to Europe as Europe is usually understood. Russia is an Asian country as well as a European one, belonging, for example, to the Eurasi...
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Published in | Historians across Borders p. 174 |
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Format | Book Chapter |
Language | English |
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University of California Press
21.03.2014
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Edition | 1 |
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | Russia occupies an unusual position with respect to the European historiography of the United States. First, put bluntly, there is the question of whether it belongs to Europe as Europe is usually understood.
Russia is an Asian country as well as a European one, belonging, for example, to the Eurasian Economic Community. Russian scholars have at times been regarded as part of European academia and at other times not, such as during the Cold War. So do Russian historians of the North American colonies and the United States belong to the community of scholars discussed in this book, or do |
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ISBN: | 9780520279278 0520279271 |