Barbara Alpern Engel

Marriage, Household and Home in Modern Russia (eBook, ePUB)

From Peter the Great to Vladimir Putin

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Barbara Alpern Engel's Marriage, Household and Home in Modern Russia is the first book to explore the intricacies of domestic life in Russia across the modern period.

Surveying the period from 1700 right up to the present day, the book explores the marital and domestic arrangements of Russians at multiple levels of society and the impact of broader historical developments, including war and revolution, upon them. It also traces the evolution of marriage, household and home as institutions over three centuries, whilst also highlighting the inter-relationship between public policy and private life, in what is a wholly original historical assessment of domesticity in modern Russia. In the process, the author expertly synthesizes the key works, arguments and discussions in the field, mapping out the historiographical landscape of this compelling aspect of Russian social history.

Marriage, Household and Home in Modern Russia is crucial reading for any student or scholar of modern Russian history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350014497
• Artikelnr.: 62196518

Autorenporträt

Barbara Alpern Engel is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Colorado, USA. She is the author of numerous books, including Russia in World History (2015; with Janet Martin), Women in Russia: 1700-2000 (2004) and Breaking the Ties that Bound: The Politics of Marital Strife in Late Imperial Russia (2011). She is also the editor of the four-volume Encyclopedia of Women in World History (2008).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Introduction: Considering Marriage
Household and Home 1. For Better
For Worse
1700-1761 2. Village Practices 3. Continuity and Change
1761-1861 4. Imperfect Freedom
1861-1881 5. Recreating the Home
1881-1914 6. Wars and Revolutions
1914-1921 7. The 'Withering Away' and Resurrection of the Family
1921-1940 8. War and Recovery
1940-1953 9. Ideals Meet Realities
1953-1991 10. Marriage Crisis Comes Home
1991-2015 Bibliography Index