Peasants in Russia from Serfdom to Stalin - Accommodation, Survival, Resistance

The peasantry accounted for the large majority of the Russian population during the Imperialist and Stalinist periods - it is, for the most part, how people lived. Peasants in Russia from Serfdom to Stalin provides a comprehensive, realistic examination of peasant life in Russia during both these eras and the legacy this left in the post-Soviet era.The book paints a full picture of peasant involvement in commerce and local political life and, through Boris Gorshkov''s original ecology paradigm for understanding peasant life, offers new perspectives on the Russian peasantry under serfdom and the emancipation. Incorporating recent scholarship, including Russian and non-Russian texts, along with classic studies, Gorshkov explores the complex interrelationships between the physical environment, peasant economic and social practices, culture, state policies and lord-peasant relations. He goes on to analyze peasant economic activities, including agriculture and livestock, social activities and the functioning of peasant social and political institutions within the context of these interrelationships. Further reading lists, study questions, tables, maps, primary source extracts and images are also included to support and enhance the text wherever possible. Peasants in Russia from Serfdom to Stalin is the crucial survey of a key topic in modern Russian history for students and scholars alike.>

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• Authors: Boris B Gorshkov, Boris B (University of Tennessee At Chat Gorshkov, Boris B. Gorshkov, Boris B. (Kennesaw State University Gorshkov, Boris B. (University of Tennessee At Cha Gorshkov
• Assisted by: Michael Melancon (Editor), Jonathan Smele (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781350126381
• ISBN: 978-1-350-12638-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: The Bloomsbury History of Modern Russia Series; The Bloomsbury History of Modern Russia Series; Bloomsbury History of Modern R
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Russia, European History, HISTORY / Modern / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1500 onwards to present day, Social and cultural history, History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Russia / General