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Book Reviews/Comptes Rendus

Book Reviews/Comptes Rendus BOOK REVIEWS/COMPTES RENDUS Basil Dmytryshyn. A History of Russia. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1977. xvii, 645 pp. 13.95. Walther Kirchner. A History of Russia. Sixth edition. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1976. x, 405 pp. $3.95 (paper). David MacKenzie and Michael Curran. A History of Russia and the Soviet Union. Home- wood, Illinois: The Dorsey Press, 1977. xvi, 689 pp. Nicholas V. Riasanovsky. A History of Russia. Third edition. New York: Oxford Univer- sity Press, 1977. xx, 762 pp. $19.95 (cloth), $13.00 (paper). Adam B. Ulam. A History of Soviet Russia. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1976. viii, 312 pp. $5.95 (paper). Enrollments in undergraduate Russian history courses continue to decline throughout the country, while the number of textbooks competing for the shrinking market increas- es. Without attempting to resolve this internal contradiction, the following review seeks ;o evaluate the competition and make a guarded recommendation for the next stage in the writing of Russian history. If one is to rank textbooks by durability and staying power in a tough field then Riasanovsky's A History of Russia easily takes first place. Originally published in 1963, this is the third revised edition, and there are no signs that a real http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Russian History Brill

Book Reviews/Comptes Rendus

Russian History , Volume 4 (1): 33 – Jan 1, 1977
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BOOK REVIEWS/COMPTES RENDUS Basil Dmytryshyn. A History of Russia. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1977. xvii, 645 pp. 13.95. Walther Kirchner. A History of Russia. Sixth edition. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1976. x, 405 pp. $3.95 (paper). David MacKenzie and Michael Curran. A History of Russia and the Soviet Union. Home- wood, Illinois: The Dorsey Press, 1977. xvi, 689 pp. Nicholas V. Riasanovsky. A History of Russia. Third edition. New York: Oxford Univer- sity Press, 1977. xx, 762 pp. $19.95 (cloth), $13.00 (paper). Adam B. Ulam. A History of Soviet Russia. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1976. viii, 312 pp. $5.95 (paper). Enrollments in undergraduate Russian history courses continue to decline throughout the country, while the number of textbooks competing for the shrinking market increas- es. Without attempting to resolve this internal contradiction, the following review seeks ;o evaluate the competition and make a guarded recommendation for the next stage in the writing of Russian history. If one is to rank textbooks by durability and staying power in a tough field then Riasanovsky's A History of Russia easily takes first place. Originally published in 1963, this is the third revised edition, and there are no signs that a real

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