{"product_id":"a-short-history-of-russia-mary-platt-parmele-9781502398826","title":"A Short History of Russia","description":"Mary Platt Parmele was a historian who wrote short histories of various European nations during the late 19th century. From the preface: \"If this book seems to have departed from the proper ideal of historic narrative-if it is the history of a Power, and not of a People-it is because the Russian people have had no history yet. There has been no evolution of a Russian nation, but only of a vast governing system; and the words \"Russian Empire\" stand for a majestic world-power in which the mass of its people have no part. A splendidly embroidered robe of Europeanism is worn over a chaotic, undeveloped mass of semi-barbarism. The reasons for this incongruity-the natural obstacles with which Russia has had to contend; the strange ethnic problems with which it has had to deal; its triumphant entry into the family of great nations; and the circumstances leading to the disastrous conflict recently concluded, and the changed conditions resulting from it-such is the story this book has tried to tell.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Platt Parmele\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1502398826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781502398826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d","brand":"Mary Platt Parmele","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985278697727,"sku":"9781502398826","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_77b2d390-68bb-4fab-b9f1-7977c39dde7c.jpg?v=1683276616","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-short-history-of-russia-mary-platt-parmele-9781502398826","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}