{"product_id":"russia-in-the-modern-world-isbn-9780631181347","title":"Russia in the Modern World","description":"This book presents a geographical analysis of the new Russia which has emerged from the ruins of the Soviet Union since 1991.  List of Tables. \u003cp\u003eList of Maps.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eONE The Territorial and Imperial Heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTWO The Soviet Heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTHREE The Emerging Federation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFOUR The Command Economy and the Transition to Capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFIVE The Changing Space Economy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSIX Saving the Environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSEVEN Population: Urban and Rural Life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEIGHT The Regions of Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNINE Russia's Autonomous Territories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTEN Russia and the 'Near Abroad'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eELEVEN Russia and the Wider World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"The author has put together an excellent textbook on Russia's new geography. I can, without hesitation, recommend this book for students of the Russian realm.\" \u003ci\u003eOlga Medvedkov, Wittenberg University, Ohio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Now, we have a single author book which brings together the research of systematic specialists into a coherent whole which interprets the rapidly changing world of the Russian Federation for an undergraduate audience...and reminds Russian specialists that there is a geographical element to the \"transition\" and geographers that the post-communist world is a rich field for geographical wnquiry.' \u003ci\u003eDr. Judith Pallot, School of Geography, University of Oxford.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eDenis Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e is Reader in Russian Geography in the School of Geography and Associate Member of the Centre for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Birmingham. His previous books include \u003ci\u003ePlanning in the Soviet Union\u003c\/i\u003e (with J. Pallot, 1981), \u003ci\u003eLandscape and Settlement in Romanov Russia 1613-1917\u003c\/i\u003e (with J. Pallot, 1990), and \u003ci\u003eThe Post-Soviet Republics: A Systematic Geography\u003c\/i\u003e (Editor, 1995).  This book presents an analysis of the changing economic, political and social geography of the new Russia which has emerged from the ruins of the Soviet Union. Although Russia can no longer claim to be a superpower on a scale with the United States, it is still the world's biggest state and continues to play a major influential role in the world. This book provides the first comprehensive geographical analysis of the new post-communist Russian state. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe coverage includes: the origins and rise of the Russian state and the heritage of the Soviet period; environmental background and present-day ecological problems; Russia as a federal state and problems of ethnicity and national identity; the changing industrial face of Russia; problems of rural life; the post-Soviet city; Russia and its regions; relations with the \"Near Abroad\", Russia and the wider world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989976727781,"sku":"NP9780631181347","price":48.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631181347.jpg?v=1761786099","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/russia-in-the-modern-world-isbn-9780631181347","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}