Russia in the Modern World by Denis J B Shaw

Russia in the Modern World by Denis J B Shaw

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* Provides the first comprehensive geographical analysis of Russia since 1991. * Examines Russia in the context of its past, in relation to its post--Soviet neighbours, and in an international context. * Focuses on economic, political and social geography; rural and urban spaces; and ecological issues. .

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Russia in the Modern World by Denis J B Shaw

This book presents a geographical analysis of the new Russia which has emerged from the ruins of the Soviet Union since 1991.
"The author has put together an excellent textbook on Russia's new geographyI can, without hesitation, recommend this book for students of the Russian realm." Olga Medvedkov, Wittenberg University, Ohio

'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.' Dr. Judith Pallot, School of Geography, University of Oxford.

Denis Shaw 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 Planning in the Soviet Union (with J. Pallot, 1981), Landscape and Settlement in Romanov Russia 1613-1917 (with J. Pallot, 1990), and The Post-Soviet Republics: A Systematic Geography (Editor, 1995).
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ISBN 13 9780631181347
ISBN 10 0631181342
Title Russia in the Modern World
Author Denis J B Shaw
Series The Royal Geographical Society With The Institute Of British Geographers Studies In Geography
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published 1999-01-17
Number of pages 340
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