King Stork and King Log : a study of modern Russia / by Stepniak [pseud.]; Volume 1 (only)

Stepniak S. (1851-1895)

1895, First Edition. London : Downey & Co. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #243263

Physical description; volume 1 (only): 233 p. ; 20 cm. Contents; 1. A tame despot. The tzar mujik. Hesitating on the crossway -- The Liberal period. A tory democratic programme. The upshot of autocratic democratism -- Count Dmitry Tolstoi. A man with a system. The great famine, and the economic conditions of the Russian peasants. The Jewish question in Russia. The Poles and the Finns. Subjects; Peasants — Russia — Social conditions. Jews — Russia — History. Russia — Politics and government — (1881-1894). Russia — Social life and customs — 19th century. Russia — History — Alexander III, (1881-1894).

Price: €28.00