the icon and the axe an interpretive history of russian culture first published in 1966 and made available here by vintage books by renowned russian scholar james h billington is a fascinating and highly detailed account of russias unique cultural history james h billington 1929 is a renowned russian scholar who was a professor at harvard and princeton and is currently serving as the librarian of congress his work has chiefly focused on russian history and culture and also . the icon and the axe an interpretive history of russian culture first published in 1966 and made available here by vintage books by renowned russian scholar james h billington is a fascinating and highly detailed account of russias unique cultural history james h billington 1929 is a renowned russian scholar who was a professor at harvard and princeton and is currently serving as the librarian of congress his work has chiefly focused on russian history and culture and also . An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon about blog projects help donate an illustration of a heart shape contact jobs volunteer people search metadata search text contents search tv news captions search archived websites advanced search sign up for free log in the icon and the axe an interpretive history of russian culture item . Download here http bookspediacomplaysterpdfcom book0394708466the icon and the axe an interpretative history of russian culture vintage free books. The icon and axe an interpretative history of russian culture james billington knopf doubleday publishing group sep 22 2010 history 880 pages 0 reviews a sweeping intricate description of russian cultural history spanning the pre romanov era through six centuries to the reign of joseph stalin flowing with ease through time and topic from art to music literature philosophy