1877 1ed Russia by Wallace Railroads Orthodox Socialism Crimean War MAPS Teuton

1877 1^ed Russia by Wallace Railroads Orthodox Socialism Crimean War MAPS Teuton

 

Donald Mackenzie Wallace was a19th-century newspaper correspondent and editor who spent time in Russia during a professorship. He spent six years studying Russian people by living in small villages and recording his observations. Upon returning to England, he published his most famous work ‘Russia’ which was met with instant success. This book is the standard authority on Russia before the 1917 Revolution.

 

This first edition includes two large folding, colored maps of Russia. Important contents include:

• Russian infrastructure; railways, bridges
• The Russian language, Teutonic and Slav natures
• Orthodox clergy, parish priests
• Peasant weddings and marriages
• Communal living; agriculture & capitalism
• Reforms after the Crimean War
• Finnish tribes and villages in Russia
• Russian castes and classes – socialistic views

 

Item number: #1516

Price: $350

 

WALLACE, Donald Mackenzie

 

Russia

 

New York, H. Holt and Co., 1877. First edition

 

Details:

• Collation complete with all pages: [xiii], 620
  • Two large folding maps
• Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
• Language: English
• Size: ~9in X 6in (23cm x 15cm)

 

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