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Author Ruud, Charles A., 1933-

Title Fighting words : imperial censorship and the Russian press, 1804-1906 / Charles A. Ruud ; with a new introduction.

Publication Info. Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, [2009]
Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2010.
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 327 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note First ed. published 1982.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The European pattern and the beginnings of Russian censorship -- The early administrative system and the rise of mysticism, 1801-17 -- Golitsyn's fall and the decline of mysticism, 1817-1825 -- Nicholas I's censorship innovation, 1825-32 -- Censorship and the new journalism, 1832-48 -- A system under siege, 1848-55 -- Confused steps toward reform, 1855-61 -- The dilemmas of liberal censorship, 1862-63 -- The reform of 6 April 1865 -- The first year of the reformed system, 1865-66 -- Control of press freedom : warnings, court cases, and libel laws, 1867-69 -- Censorship, repression, and the emergence of a 'European' press, 1869-89 -- The last years of the administrative system, 1889-1906 -- Autocracy and the press : the historic conflict.
Summary 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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Subject Censorship -- Russia -- History -- 19th century.
Censorship.
Russia.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Freedom of the press -- Russia -- History -- 19th century.
Freedom of the press.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Subject Censorship.
Other Form: Print version: 9781442610248
ISBN 9781442697867 (electronic book)
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