From the Holy Roman Empire to the Land of the Tsars One Family's Odyssey, 1768-1870

by Martin, Alexander M.

• ISBN13: 9780192844378
• ISBN10: 0192844377
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2022-06-03
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Alexander M. Martin, Professor of History, University of Notre Dame

Alexander M. Martin grew up in Germany and France, took his undergraduate degree at Cornell University in 1985, and earned a PhD in Russian history at the University of Pennsylvania in 1993. He taught at Oglethorpe University from 1993 to 2006, and at the University of Notre Dame from 2006 to the
present. From 2003 to 2011, he was an editor at the journal Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History. His research is broadly centred on Russian and European history from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Part I: Uncertain Beginnings, 1768-1790
1. The Barber-Surgeon from Silesia
2. An Irresistible Inclination to the Stage
3. The Printer's Daughter
Part II: Actor on the German Stage, 1790-1809
4. Theater, Revolution, and Freemasonry
5. The Landgrave's Theater
6. Excellent Acting and Upright Character
7. The Land of Extremes
8. Curtain Call
Part III: Merchant of Imperial Russia, 1809-1820
9. A So-Called Cosmetics Store
10. The Real Russia
11. The Lord's Will
12. A Man of Consequence
Part IV: Pastor on the Black Sea Steppe, 1820-1835
13. New Russia
14. The Sage of Kharkov
Part V: Legacies
15. Memory
16. Honored Citizens
Conclusion