Fighting Words: Imperial Censorship and the Russian Press, 1804-1906

by Charles A. Ruud

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Censorship took many forms in Imperial Russia. First published in 1982, Fighting Words focuses on the most common form: the governmental system that screened written works before or after publication to determine their acceptability. Charles A. Ruud shows that, despite this system, the nineteenth-century Russian Imperial government came to grant far more extensive legal publishing freedoms than most Westerners realize, adopting a more liberal attitude...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1442610247

ISBN13:9781442610248

Release Date:July 2009

Publisher:University of Toronto Press

Length:330 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Censorship History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Russian & Former Soviet Union Social Sciences

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