Daily Life in Imperial Russia

The history of imperial Russia is rich with warfare, class conflict, royal scandal, and the rise and fall of empire. This volume examines czarist Russia through the social and material lens, including changes in court life, serf/peasant life, the Orthodox church, and the effects of emancipation and industrialization, from the birth of Moscow to the rise of Communism.

Thematic chapters cover Peter the Great's modernization of Russia, class structure, the role of the church, traditions and rituals, work and labor practices, health, fashion, and military life.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chronology
Introduction: Early History through Peter the Great
1.Modernizing Russia
2.The Elites: Princes, Boyars, and Gentry
3.The Peasantry
4.The Church and the Towns
5.Lifestyle, Traditions, and Rituals
6.Conclusion: Radicals and Revolution
Glossary
Bibliography

Über den Autor / die Autorin

GRETA BUCHER is Professor of History at the United States Military Academy. Her research interests include Russian, Soviet and East European history

men's history, and early modern European history. She is author of Women, the Bureaucracy and Daily Life in Postwar Moscow, 1945-1953 (2006) and has written and edited several chapters, articles and translated works.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Greta Bucher (Herausgeber), Bucher Greta (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Bloomsbury
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: 7 bis 17 Jahre
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.05.2008
• EAN: 9780313341229
• ISBN: 978-0-313-34122-9
• Seiten: 268
• Gewicht: 539 g
• Serie: The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Russia, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, HISTORY / Russia / Imperial, World History: Culture