Institutional Framework of Russian Serfdom

Informationen zum Autor Tracy Dennison is Associate Professor of Social Science History at the California Institute of Technology. Her work has received numerous prizes, including the Pollard Prize awarded by the Institute for Historical Research at the University of London, and the Economic History Association's Alexander Gerschenkron Prize. Klappentext This book paints a vivid picture of daily life and rural economy in Russia before the 1861 abolition of serfdom. Zusammenfassung Russian rural history has long been based on a 'Peasant Myth'! originating with nineteenth-century Romantics and still accepted by many historians today. This book looks beyond the myth to show how a vivid and colourful Russian society really looked from below before the 1861 abolition of serfdom. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Why is Russia different? Culture, geography, institutions; 2. Voshchazhnikovo: a microcosm of nineteenth-century Russia; 3. Household structure and family economy; 4. The rural commune; 5. Land and property markets; 6. Labour markets; 7. Credit and savings; 8. Retail markets and consumption; 9. The institutional framework of Russian serfdom.

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• Authors: T. K. Dennison, Tracy Dennison, Tracy (California Institute of Technolog Dennison, Tracy (California Institute of Technology) Dennison, Dennison Tracy
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.04.2011
• EAN: 9780521194488
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19448-8
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Russland, UdSSR, Sowjetunion, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Russia, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Rural communities, Economic history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, Slavery and abolition of slavery, HISTORY / Russia / Imperial