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

Fighting Words: Imperial Censorship and the Russian Press, 1804-1906 Paperback / softback - 2009

by Charles A. Ruud

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Paperback / softback. New. First published in 1982, Fighting Words focuses on the most common form of censorship in Imperial Russia: the governmental system that screened written works before or after publication to determine their acceptability.
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  • Title Fighting Words: Imperial Censorship and the Russian Press, 1804-1906
  • Author Charles A. Ruud
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition With a New Intro
  • Condition New
  • Pages 330
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Toronto Press, U.S.A
  • Date 2009-10-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9781442610248
  • ISBN 9781442610248 / 1442610247
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.8 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1919
    • Cultural Region: Russian
  • Dewey Decimal Code 363.310

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From the publisher

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 towards the press by permitting it a position recognized by law.

Fighting Words also reveals, however, that the government fell far short of implementing these reforms, thus contributing to the growth of opposition to the Tsarist regime in the second half of the nineteenth century and the first few years of the twentieth. Now back in print with a new introduction by the author, Fighting Words is a classic work offering insight into the press, censorship, and the limits of printed expression in Imperial Russia.

About the author

Charles A. Ruud is professor emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Western Ontario.