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HISTORY OF IMPERIAL RUSSIA, 1689-1905 David Brandenberger        This course considers the span of the history of the Russian empire from the reign of Peter the Great to the first Russian revolution in 1905. It is the logical continuation of the preceding course on Muscovite history and anticipates the third of the series concerning the Russian revolutions of 1917. That said, the introduction to this course is broad enough to accommodate students who have little familiarity with the pre-Petrine era. Arranged according to the principle of chronological progression, the materials included in this survey are incredibly diverse. Diplomatic and dynastic history is flanked by social and cultural concerns. Underlying structures and trends are likewise elucidated.       introduction     LECTURE 1: perspectives on modern Russian history   Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia, edited by J. Cracraft, 21-34.     LECTURE 2: Russian history before Peter the Great   N. Riasanovsky, A History of Russia, 175-209 Cracraft, Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia, 36-46 E. L. Keenan, "On Certain Beliefs and Russian Behaviors," in The Legacy of Imperial Russia, edited by S. Frederick Starr, 19-40     the petrine period, 1689-1725     LECTURE 3: war and expansion   Riasanovsky, A History of Russia, 213-41 Cracraft, Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia, 81-109, 213-25, 245-48 W. Fuller, Strategy and Power in Russia, 35-84     LECTURE 4: systemization of government   Cracraft, Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia, 110-15, 118-23, 222-34 J. LeDonne, Absolutism and the Ruling Class, 63-80     LECTURE 5: industrialization and military power   Cracraft, Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia, 116 Russian Economic Development from Peter the Great to Stalin, edited by W. Blackwell, 23-49, 53-70     LECTURE 6: Russian culture in transition   Cracraft, Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia, 116-18 J. Billington, The Icon and the Axe, 163-205 D. Mirsky, A History of Russian Literature, 31-40 W. Brumfield, A History of Russian Architecture, 201-26     between two great rulers, 1725-1762     LECTURE 7: Russian society   Riasanovsky, A History of Russia, 242-53 Cracraft, Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia, 127-46, 46-58 LeDonne, Absolutism and the Ruling Class, 3-41 L. Blum, Lord and Peasant in Russia, 414-41     LECTURE 8: ruling families, 1725-96   Cracraft, Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia, 151-65 J. LeDonne, "Ruling Families," 233-58, 295-322     LECTURE 9: the early search for cultural identity   Cracraft, Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia, 146-50, 248-49 H. Rogger, National Consciousness in 18th Century Russia, 85-107, 138-48, 190-218 Mirsky, A History of Russian Literature, 40-49 Brunfield, A History of Russian Architecture, 232-60     LECTURE 10: foreign policy   A. Rieber, "Persistent Factors in Russian Foreign Policy," in Imperial Russian Foreign Policy, 315-59     Catherine II and Aristocratic Rule, 1762-96     LECTURE 11: Catherine's reforms and society   Riasanovsky, A History of Russia, 254-73 Cracraft, Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia, 166-97, 212-20 I. de Madariaga, Russia in the Age of Catherine the Great, 79-101, 281-307     LECTURE 12: Russian Classicism   Riasanovsky, A History of Russia, 316-32 Billington, The Icon and the Axe, 213-60 Mirsky, A History of Russian Literature, 49-61 Brumfield, A History of Russian Architecture, 261-347     LECTURE 13: imperial expansion   Cracraft, Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia, 234-43, 249-51 Madariaga, Russia in the Age of Catherine the Great, 196-214, 226-36, 393-451     LECTURE 14: the empire's economic foundation   Riasanovsky, A History of Russia, 306-15 O. Crisp, Studies in the Russian Economy before 1914, 55-72     the restoration of autocracy: Paul I and Alexander I, 1796-1825     LECTURE 15: Russia as global power   Riasanovsky, A History of Russia, 273-75, 300-22 B. Jelavich, A Century of Russian Foreign Policy, 28-70     LECTURE 16: economic retrenchment, 1796-1855   Riasanovsky, A History of Russia, 341-47 Blum, Lord and Peasant in Russia, 308-44, 386-413     LECTURE 17: administrative reforms, 1796-1855   Cracraft, Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia, 256-68 LeDonne, Absolutism and the Ruling Class, 99-118     LECTURE 18: literature and the arts   Riasanovsky, A History of Russia, 348-60 Rogger, National Consciousness in 18th Century Russia, 120-25, 245-52 Mirsky, A History of Russian Literature, 61-66, 68-71 Brumfield, A History of Russian Architecture, 348-88, 393-403 Art and Culture in 19th Century Russia, edited by T. Stavrou, 87-112, 172-90     the triumph of autocracy, 1825-55     LECTURE 19: tsar, government and society   Riasanovsky, A History of Russia, 323-29 Cracraft, Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia, 292-302, 268-82 C. Wittaker, The Origins of Modern Russian Education, 152-212     LECTURE 20: slavophiles and westernizers   N. Riasanovsky, A Parting of the Ways, 152-59, 167-233 A. Walicki, A Hstory of Russian Thought from the Enlightenment to Marxism, 92-114, 135-151     LECTURE 21: romanticism and early realism   Mirsky, A History of Russian Literature, 73-79, 83-102, 120-24, 132-44, 149-65, 189-93     LECTURE 22: expansion and overstretch   Riasanovsky, A History of Russia, 329-39 Jelavich, A Century of Russian Foreign Policy, 71-124     the great reforms: Alexander II, 1855-1881     LECTURE 23: the reforms themselves   Riasanovsky, A History of Russia, 368-78 Cracraft, Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia, 314-27, 340-44, 355-58, 360-1     LECTURE 24: economic modernization, 1855-1905   Riasanovsky, A History of Russia, 422-34 Cracraft, Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia, 441-69, 479-89, 504-19 Crisp, , Studies in the Russian Economy before 1914, 5-54     LECTURE 25: empire and society   Cracraft, Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia, 490-504, 519-28 A. Rieber, "Struggle over Borderlands," in Legacy of Imperial Russia, 61-89     LECTURE 26: cultural challenges   Riasanovsky, A History of Russia, 435-52 Mirsky, A History of Russian Literature, 193-208, 245-51, 238-43, 256-91     counter-reforms and the loss of legitimacy: Alexander III and Nicholas II, 1881-1905     LECTURE 27: reaction and the question of legitimacy   Riasanovsky, A History of Russia, 391-98 Cracraft, Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia, 361-81, 389, 469-79 R. Manning, The Crisis of the Old Order, 25-64 D. Lieven, Nicholas II, 68-101     LECTURE 28: revolutionary movements   Riasanovsky, A History of Russia, 378-84 Cracraft, Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia, 381-88, 528-48, 605-11 A. Yarmolinsky, Road to Revolution, 146-69, 170-88, 210-49, 269-89 A. Walicki, A History of Russian Thought from the Enlightenment to Marxism, selections     LECTURE 29: cultural malaise   Cracraft, Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia, 390-97 Between Tsar and People, edited by E. Clowes, 15-37 Mirsky, A History of Russian Literature, 368-83     LECTURE 30: crisis of empire and revolution   Riasanovsky, A History of Russia, 398-408 Cracraft, Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia, 398-437, 595-604 R. Pipes, The Russian Revolution, 3-51