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Explore the history of Russian development with In Search of the True West by Esther Kingston-Mann. Published by Princeton University Press, this work documents how Russia attempted to adopt Western solutions to address economic backwardness from the era of Catherine the Great to the present. This book examines the efforts of educated Russians to find Western ideas and social groups that could provide universal economic truths for their own nation. The text looks at the history of Russian Westernization, including the influence of German and Anglo-U.S. economics. Kingston-Mann raises questions about the core values of Western culture and how those priorities affect the process of development and cultural borrowing.

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This Princeton University Press publication provides a history of Russian efforts to solve economic backwardness.

The text examines Russian Westernization through the lens of German and Anglo-U.S. economic ideas.

Author Esther Kingston-Mann traces the search for Western social groups and ideas dating back to Catherine the Great.

The book explores how cultural values and priorities impact the adoption of Western economic truths in Russia.

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10 January 1999
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13 February 2007

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