Noble, the Serf and the Revizor - The Polish Nobility Between Tsarist Imperialism Ukrainian Masses

First published in 1991, The Noble, the Serf and the Revizor is a historical and sociological study of the Polish nobility of the Western Ukraine between the two great uprisings that shook Poland in the 19^th century is based almost entirely on original, unpublished documents. Daniel Beauvois throws an entirely new light on the Polish nobility of the Ukraine, on its development and particular mentality. Furthermore, his research reveals mechanisms of domination and assimilation, which the Czarist bureaucracy can be said to have pioneered long before the Soviet empire. During this period, the Russian revizor, a key figure in the social drama described in these pages, ruthlessly lowered the status of the majority of the Polish nobles in the Ukraine. Thereafter, their fate was defined by two basic realities: poverty and the decline of their national identity and social status. Only a small minority of rich landowners survived. The price they paid was total political subservience, a subservience which gave rise to an increasingly conservative mentality and the loss of all real contact with the Polish national movement. This book will be of interest to students of history, political science, sociology and international relations.

List of contents

Introduction Explanatory Notes 1. The Serf and his Masters (The Ukrainian peasantry) 2. A Trap for the Nobles (The downgrading of Polish nobility) 3. To Compromise or be Compromised (The autonomy of the nobility) 4. A Threat to Arcady (The landowning nobility) Conclusion Index

About the author

Daniel Beauvois

Summary

First published in 1991, The Noble, the Serf and the Revizor is a historical and sociological study of the Polish nobility of the Western Ukraine between the two great uprisings that shook Poland in the 19th century is based almost entirely on original, unpublished documents.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Beauvois
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2023
• EAN: 9781032444772
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3244477-2
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Ukraine, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, Poland, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Historical Geography, International Relations, HISTORY / Europe / Poland, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Social and cultural history