The icon and the axe : an interpretative history of Russian culture / James H. Billington.

Main entry:

Billington, James H., author.

Title & Author:

The icon and the axe : an interpretative history of Russian culture / James H. Billington.

Publication:

London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [1966]

Description:

xviii, 786, xxxiii pages, 16 pages of plates : 22 illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 605-625) and index.

Summary:

Interpretive history of Russian thought and culture designed to provide new information and interpretation and not merely to codify an already established consesus. The period under discussion is the last six hundred years, during which time Russia has emerged as a distinctive civilization.

Subject:

Intellectual life
Russia Intellectual life.
Soviet Union Intellectual life.
URSS Vie intellectuelle.
Russia
Soviet Union
Soviet Union History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 64516
Call No.: PO7226; ID:85-B8735
Status: Available

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