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  • Prof. Elizabeth A. Wood
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  • History
  • Global Studies and Languages
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Fall 2019
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Undergraduate
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  • Humanities
    • History
      • Asian History
      • European History
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21H.244J | Fall 2019 | Undergraduate

Imperial and Revolutionary Russia: Culture and Politics, 1700-1917

  • Syllabus

  • Calendar

  • Readings

  • Discussion Questions

  • Assignments

  • Primary Sources

    • Collections of Documents and Sources (18th Century)
    • Important Fiction with a Political Edge
    • Political Philosophy
    • Russia's Imperial Presence
    • Peasants and the Countryside
    • Women's Letters and Memoirs (and Other Writings)
    • Peter the Great
    • Men's Memoirs, Literature, and Letters
    • Diplomacy
    • Religion
    • Medicine
  • Related Resources

Primary Sources

Medicine

Bulgakov, Mikhail. A Country Doctor’s Notebook. Translation and introduction by Michael Glenny. Melville House, 2013. ISBN: 9781612191904. [Preview with Google Books] 

Chekhov, Anton. The Island: A Journey to Sakhalin. Translated by Luba and Michael Terpak. Introduction by Robert Payne. Washington Square Press, 1967. 

Dimsdale, Thomas, Baron. Thoughts on General and Partial Inoculations: Containing a Translation of Two Treatises Written When the Author was at Petersburg,…Also Outlines of Two Plans: One, for the General Inoculation of the Poor in Small Towns and Villages. The Other, for the General Inoculation of the Poor in London, and Other Large and Populous Places. By the Honourable Baron Thomas Dimsdale. William Richardson, 1776.

Course Info

Instructor
  • Prof. Elizabeth A. Wood
Departments
  • History
  • Global Studies and Languages
As Taught In
Fall 2019
Level
Undergraduate
Topics
  • Humanities
    • History
      • Asian History
      • European History
Learning Resource Types
assignment Written Assignments

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