Alexander M Martin

From the Holy Roman Empire to the Land of the Tsars

One Family's Odyssey, 1768-1870

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presenting a broad panorama of society and culture in the German lands and Russia from the Enlightenment to the breakthrough of modernity, this microhistory of one extraordinary family explores how the lives of individual people are entangled with the great forces of their age.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 163mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 780g
• ISBN-13: 9780192844378
• ISBN-10: 0192844377
• Artikelnr.: 64108121

Autorenporträt

Alexander M. Martin is Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of Romantics, Reformers, Reactionaries:Russian Conservative Thought and Politics in the Reign of Alexander I (1997) and Enlightened Metropolis: Constructing Imperial Moscow, 1762-1855 (2013).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: Uncertain Beginnings, 1768-1790
1: The Barber-Surgeon from Silesia
2: An Irresistible Inclination to the Stage
3: The Printer's Daughter
Part II: Actor on the German Stage, 1790-1809
4: Theater, Revolution, and Freemasonry
5: The Landgrave's Theater
6: Excellent Acting and Upright Character
7: The Land of Extremes
8: Curtain Call
Part III: Merchant of Imperial Russia, 1809-1820
9: A So-Called Cosmetics Store
10: The Real Russia
11: The Lord's Will
12: A Man of Consequence
Part IV: Pastor on the Black Sea Steppe, 1820-1835
13: New Russia
14: The Sage of Kharkov
Part V: Legacies
15: Memory
16: Honored Citizens
Conclusion