{"product_id":"how-st-petersburg-learned-to-study-itself-the-russian-idea-of-kraevedenie-hardcover-2","title":"How St. Petersburg Learned to Study Itself: The Russian Idea of Kraevedenie - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmily D. Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIzabella Zaharyaeva\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow St. Petersburg Learned to Study Itself: The Russian Idea of Kraevedenie considers the origins and evolutions of kraevedenie, looking specifically at the role that movements and institutions that emerged in early twentieth-century St. Petersburg played in the formation of this discipline. Based on extensive work in archives in St. Petersburg, it looks at the historical preservation movement that was spearheaded by participants in the World of Art circle and contributors to the journal Starye gody. It considers the pedagogical excursion movement and specifically the influence of Ivans Grevs and Nikolai Antsiferov. It also discusses the operations and role of the Central Bureau of Kraevedenie in the 1920s.The original English-language edition of this book (Penn State University Press, 2006) received both the South Central MLA book award and the Nikolai Antsiferov Prize for the best work on St. Petersburg by a foreign author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily D. Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e is the Brian and Sandra O' Brien Professor of Russian at the University of Oklahoma. She earned a Ph.D. in Russian Literature from Columbia University. Along with Julie Buckler, she coedited the volume \u003ci\u003eRites of Place: Public Commemoration in Russia and Eastern Europe\u003c\/i\u003e (Northwestern University Press, 2013). She also served as the editor and translator for \u003ci\u003eArsenii Formakov, Gulag Letters\u003c\/i\u003e (Yale University Press, 2017). She is co-editor, along with Alan Barenberg, of the volume \u003ci\u003eRethinking the Gulag: Identities, Sources, Legacies\u003c\/i\u003e (Indiana University Press, 2022). She works on St. Petersburg in Russian history and literature, the history of the Soviet labor camp system, and also on contemporary Russian popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 402\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47293377249529,"sku":"9798887190457","price":76.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Ov2xULmzgA9798887190457_8092b728-0554-4b11-8e52-6963e71a3c33.webp?v=1769177618","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/how-st-petersburg-learned-to-study-itself-the-russian-idea-of-kraevedenie-hardcover-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}