Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter I. Russia's Bureaucratic World, 1825–1855
Chapter II. New Men and New Aspirations
Chapter III. Forces Assemble
Chapter IV. An Enlightened Bureaucracy Emerges
Chapter V. Preparing for Reform
Chapter VI. The Enlightened Bureaucrats in the Great Reform Era
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the Author

W. Bruce Lincoln authored twelve books about Russia and its past, most notably The Romanovs: Autocrats of All the Russias; Red Victory: A History of the Russian Civil War; Between Heaven and Hell: The Story of a Thousand Years of Artistic Life in Russia; and Sunlight at Midnight: St. Petersburg and the Rise of Modern Russia.

Reviews

"One of the most important works of modern Russian social history yet to appear."—American Historical Review
"Lincoln's magnum opus... a first-class book."—Slavonic and East European Review