First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Jarmo Kotilaine a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. He is the author of several books and articles on Russian, Eastern European, and Scandinavian economic history. Marshall Poe has taught history at Harvard, Columbia and New York University. Dr Poe is currently an editorial analyst for The Atlantic Monthly and lives in Washington, DC.

Introduction; Background; The State and its Servants; The Economy; The Military and International Relations; Religion and Culture; The Arts and Sciences; Self and Society; Afterword