From: East European Quarterly | Date: June 22, 2001| Author: Zlatar, Zdenko | Copyright information

The Rise of Historicism in Russia. By Edward C. Thaden. [American University Studies, Series IX, Vol. 192, Peter Lang (New York, Washington, D.C. Boston, Bern, Frankfurt-am-Main, Berlin, Vienna, Paris, 1999], hardcover, 374 pp.

Edward C. Thaden is one of the most prominent American historians specializing in Russian and Baltic history. This is the latest of his impressive books on Russian history and historiography. Thaden's classic study of the rise of nationalism in Im...