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Author Lovell, Stephen, 1972- author.

Title How Russia learned to talk : a history of public speaking in the stenographic age, 1860-1930 / Stephen Lovell
Edition First edition
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (327 pages) : illustrations
Series Oxford studies in modern European history
Oxford studies in modern European history.
Contents Introduction: talking as history -- Glasnostʹ in practice: public speaking in the reform era, 1856-67 -- Trials and tribulations: the long 1870s, 1867-81 -- Small deeds and muffled voices: the age of counter-reform, 1881-95 -- The rise of political speech, 1895-1905 -- Public speaking in the age of the State Duma -- Revolutionary talk, 1917-18 -- Soviet talk -- Epilogue
Summary How Russia Learned to Talk offers an entirely new perspective on Russian political culture, showing the era from Alexander II's Great Reforms to early Stalinism as a single 'stenographic age', with all of Russia's rulers, whether tsars or Bolsheviks, grappling with the challenges and opportunities of mass politics and modern communications
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Public speaking -- History
Shorthand -- History
Manners and customs
Politics and government
Public speaking
Shorthand
SUBJECT Russia -- Politics and government -- 1801-1917. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125837
Russia -- Social life and customs -- 1801-1917
Subject Russia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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