G.F. Muller and the Imperial Russian Academy
by Black, J.L
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG- ex-library copy with bookplate and call number label on spine. minor soiling to boards.
- ISBN 10
- 0773505539
- ISBN 13
- 9780773505537
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1986. Hardcover. VG- ex-library copy with bookplate and call number label on spine. minor soiling to boards.. White boards with red lettering and gilt design. xi, 290 pages. Contents: I. Present at the creation -- 1. Leipzig and the founding of the Russian Academy 1705-31 -- 2. Fledgling historican at the Academy 1731-3 -- II. Charting Siberia -- 3. A land and its past 1733-43 -- III. Stormy decades at the Academy -- 4. Historiographer 1743-8 -- 5. Debate on "Russian" origins 1749-55 -- 6. Monthly compositions 1755-64 -- IV. Calm and creativity in Moscow -- 7. Educator and Academy deputy 1765-8 -- 9. Archivist, historian, publicist 1769-83 -- Epilogue: Müller and Russian historiography.
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- Seller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 171360
- Title
- G.F. Muller and the Imperial Russian Academy
- Author
- Black, J.L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG- ex-library copy with bookplate and call number label on spine. minor soiling to boards.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0773505539
- ISBN 13
- 9780773505537
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Place of Publication
- Kingston
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Biography / Autobiography, G.F. Muller ; Muller, G.F. ; ;
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