How St. Petersburg Learned to Study Itself: The Russian Idea of Kraevedenie

How St. Petersburg Learned to Study Itself: The Russian Idea of Kraevedenie
ISBN-10
0271028726
ISBN-13
9780271028729
Category
History
Pages
322
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
Penn State Press
Author
Emily D. Johnson

Description

"Johnson traces the history of kraevedenie, showing how St. Petersburg-based scholars and institutions have played a central role in the evolution of the discipline. Distinguished from obvious Western equivalents such as cultural geography and the German Heimatkunde by both its dramatic history and unique social significance, kraevedenie has, for close to a hundred years, served as a key forum for expressing concepts of regional and national identity within Russian culture."--Jacket.

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