Wirtschafter

Russia's Age of Serfdom 1679-1

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Produktbeschreibung

Russia's Age of Serfdom 1649-1861 offers a broad interpretive history of the Russian Empire from the time of serfdom's codification until its abolition following the Crimean War. Coverage focuses on those of the empire's European territories populated predominantly by ethnic Russian peasants. The book is divided into three chronological periods, each containing chapters on society, politics, and culture. The chapters on society consider the institution of serfdom, official social categories, and Russia's development as a country of peasants ruled by nobles, military commanders, and civil servants. Political chapters illuminate the reality of absolute monarchy in Russia, with special emphasis on the mobilization of human and material resources, the search for regular government, and the persistence of personal-moral forms of authority. Finally, the cultural chapters trace the emergence of modern Russian culture out of and alongside Orthodox religious culture, a process embodied in the Europeanization and growing independence of Russian elite society and in the emergence of political and cultural dissent.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9781405134583
• ISBN-10: 1405134585
• Artikelnr.: 22959129

Autorenporträt

Elise Kimerling Wirtschafter is Professor of History at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. Her previous books include: From Serf to Russian Soldier (1990); Structures of Society: Imperial Russia's "People of Various Ranks" (1994); Social Identity in Imperial Russia (1997); and The Play of Ideas in Russian Enlightenment Theater (2003).

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations.

Series Editor's Preface.

Preface.

Part I Russian Absolute Monarchy 1649-1725.

1 Face to Face in Russian Society.

2 Building a Service State.

3 Muscovite Tradition and Petrine Cultural Revolution.

Part II The Building of Society 1725-1796.

4 From the Household to Society.

5 From Service State to Government by Moral Means.

6 Russian Enlightenment Culture: A Moral Voice for Society.

Part III Government and People in Old Regime Russia1796-1861.

7 The Emergence of Independent Society.

8 The Limits to Bureaucratic Government.

9 To Speak for the Russian People.

Notes.

References.

Index.

Rezensionen

"There are different ways to write a survey of Russianhistory, and most of them have been tried many times. Yet SimonDixon, the editor of this excellent three-volume series, hasinvited his authors to do something new." (Slavonicand East European Review, 1 April 2012)

"The real strength of this book lies in its quality as anextended interpretive essay ... .Graduate students, advancedundergraduates, and non-Russianist historians. It is they who havethe most cause to welcome the publication of this excellent book,and to look forward to the remaining volumes in the BlackwellHistory of Russia series" (Reviews in History, March2009)

"Wirtschafter's detailed descriptions and analysis,particularly of the Muscovite and Petrine periods, make this anexcellent source for advanced undergraduates and graduate students.The addition of an inclusive introduction and conclusion would havemade the book more accessible to a general audience."(CHOICE, February 2009)"Russia's Age of Serfdom brings together an enormousvolume of recent research and distills it in a way that is at onceelegantly written and deeply informative. Wirtschafter'schapters on institutional and social history are among the clearestand most compelling assessments of the dynamics of Russian societythat I have ever seen. Her book will be appreciated by specialistsand students alike."
-Gary Marker, State University of New York at StonyBrook