Keywords
civilization, American colonization, Russian colonization
Abstract
America and Russia are derivative civilizations from the same Greco-Roman source, with very different results. After the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans in 1453, Russia proclaimed itself to be the Third Rome as it lifted the Tatar yoke. Although the U.S. did not become a country for another three centuries, the colonial experience and culture remained closer to England’s – a nation proudly conscious of its lineage.
Recommended Citation
Bedeski, Robert
(2023)
"Book Review: Steven Sabol. The Touch of Civilization: Comparing American and Russian Internal Colonization,"
Comparative Civilizations Review: Vol. 89:
No.
89, Article 19.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ccr/vol89/iss89/19
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