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Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Dedication 6 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 10 Table of Contents 12 INTRODUCTION 14 CHAPTER I. France and Russia, 1700-1750 18 CHAPTER II. Voltaire, historian of Russia 24 i. The background 24 CHAPTER III. Voltaire, historian of Russia 64 ii. The concepts 64 CHAPTER IV. Voltaire’s personal contacts with Russia 136 CHAPTER V. Voltaire and Catherine the great 146 CHAPTER VI. Russia: fact, fiction and formulae 186 CHAPTER VII. The debate: Voltaire versus Rousseau 200 CHAPTER VIII. The debate:philosophes, westemizers and Slavophiles 236 CONCLUSION 276 BIBLIOGRAPHY 282
- Author
- Carolyn H. Wilberger
- Publisher
- Voltaire Foundation
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780729400510
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