Αυτό το βιβλίο εξετάζει το ρόλο των Ρώσων ευγενών την περίοδο 1861-1914. Σε αντιπαράθεση με την οπτική που αποδίδει την αναδιαμόρφωση των ευγενών στις αναχρονιστικές τους αντιλήψεις και την αποτυχία να ανταποκριθούν τις κοινωνικές αλλαγές, ο παρόν τόμος απορρίπτει την ιδέα της πτώσης της τάξης και υποστηρίζει ότι οι γαιοκτήμονες ανταποκρίθηκαν θετικά στις νέες συνθήκες και συνέβαλαν αποφασιστικά στην οικονομική και πολιτική εξέλιξη της Ρωσίας./Τhis book examines the transformation of the Russian nobility between 1861 and 1914. Contrary to the view that attirbutes the transformation to the anachronistic attitudes of its members and their failure to adapt to social change, this volume challenges this idea of "the decline of the nobility." and argues that the privileged estate responded positively to change and greatly influenced their nation's political and economic destiny.

The article is referred to the development of Russian cities from the times of Peter the Great to the 18th and 19th/ Το άρθρο αναφέρεται στην ανάπτυξη των ρωσικών πόλεων από τα χρόνια του Μεγάλου Πέτρου έως στο 18ο και 19ο αιώνα.  

In what ways did the development of cities in late tsarist Russia alter the character of social relations and conflicts in that key period? At first glance, the question may appear poorly posed. It has long been customary to assess the history of Russian society in the nineteenth century and early twentieth centuries in terms of estate and class, to evaluate change by class differentiation, and to look for the sources of social conflict in the strains engendered by the transformation of a "society of estates" into a "society of classes." The urban centers of the country fran this point of view provided merely the setting in which key segments of the population experienced and reacted to new economic forces and political pressures. 

Russian Empire offers new perspectives on the strategies of imperial rule pursued by rulers, officials, scholars, and subjects of the Russian empire. An international team of scholars explores the connections between Russia’s expansion over vast territories occupied by people of many ethnicities, religions, and political experiences and the evolution of imperial administration and vision. The fresh research reflected in this innovative volume reveals the ways in which the realities of sustaining imperial power in a multiethnic, multiconfessional, scattered, and diffuse environment inspired political imaginaries and set limits on what the state could accomplish. Taken together, these rich essays provide important new frameworks for understanding Russia’s imperial geography of power.

The book contains essays by Empress Catherine for new institutions and rules on trade, including Russia as a rising economic and political power/ Το βιβλίο περιέχει δοκίμια της Αυτοκράτειρας Αικατερίνης για τους νέους θεσμούς και κανόνες στο εμπόριο, περιλαμβάνοντας τη Ρωσία ως ανερχόμενη οικονομική και πολιτική δύναμη. 

This study of the province of Nizhnii Novgorod in the nineteenth century, far from the power centers of Petersburg or Moscow, demonstrates how almost everything we thought we knew about Russian society was wrong. Instead of ignorant peasants, we find skilled farmers, artisans and craftsmen, and tradespeople. Instead of a powerful central state, we discover effective local projects and initiative in abundance. Instead of universal ignorance we are shown a lively cultural scene. Most of all, instead of an all-defining Russian exceptionalism we find a world similar to many other European societies.

The article refers to the economic conditions that contributed to the rise of the Russian bourgeoisie/ Το άρθρο αναφέρεται στις οικονομικές συνθήκες που συνέβαλαν στην άνοδο της ρωσικής αστικής τάξης.

Από τη δημιουργία του ρωσικού κράτους από το 14ο αιώνα έως τις πολιτικές μάχες της δεκαετίας του 1990 και την αβεβαιότητα της νέας χιλιετίας, αυτός ο τόμος αποτελεί μια συμβολή στην γενική ρώσικη ιστορία διαμέσου έξι αιώνων/From the formation of the Russian state in the 14th century to the political power struggles of the 1990s and the uncertainties of the new millennium, this volume offers an account of Russian history across six tumultuous centuries. 

This article mentions the role of the Danube as an economic, political and social factor of Europe in the 19th century/ Το άρθρο αναφέρεται στο ρόλο του Δούναβη ως οικονομικός, πολιτικός και κοινωνικός παράγοντας της Ευρώπης το 19ο αιώνα. 

Focusing on the period when New York City was transformed from a nineteenth-century mercantile center to a modern metropolis, this volume offers an entirely new view of the history of power and public policy in the nation's largest urban community.

Opening with a fresh and original interpretation of the metropolitan region's economic and social history between 1890 and 1910, it goes on to show how various population groups used their economic, social, cultural, and political resources to shape the decisions that created the modern city. As New York grew in size and complexity, its economic and social interests were forced to compete and form alliances. Building on this account of this interplay among numerous elites, it concludes with a new interpretation of the history of power in New York and other American cities between 1890 and 1950.