{"product_id":"fighting-words-charles-a-ruud-9781442610248","title":"Fighting Words: Imperial Censorship and the Russian Press, 1804-1906","description":"\u003cp\u003eCensorship took many forms in Imperial Russia. First published in 1982, \u003cem\u003eFighting Words\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on the most common form: the governmental system that screened written works before or after publication to determine their acceptability. Charles A. Ruud shows that, despite this system, the nineteenth-century Russian Imperial government came to grant far more extensive legal publishing freedoms than most Westerners realize, adopting a more liberal attitude towards the press by permitting it a position recognized by law.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eFighting Words\u003c\/em\u003e also reveals, however, that the government fell far short of implementing these reforms, thus contributing to the growth of opposition to the Tsarist regime in the second half of the nineteenth century and the first few years of the twentieth. Now back in print with a new introduction by the author, \u003cem\u003eFighting Words\u003c\/em\u003e is a classic work offering insight into the press, censorship, and the limits of printed expression in Imperial Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles a. Ruud\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442610247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442610248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Charles a. Ruud","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44066218410239,"sku":"9781442610248","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b87d5720-33c4-44b2-9318-53b2646772c8.jpg?v=1685405974","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fighting-words-charles-a-ruud-9781442610248","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}