| Description |
1 online resource (x, 238 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction : A member of the family : Russia's place in Europe, 1789-1914 / Susan P. McCaffray and Michael Melancon -- The ties that bind : the role of the Russian clan in inheritance and property law / Lee A. Farrow -- Capital, industriousness, and private banks in the economic imagination of a nineteenth-century statesman / Susan P. McCaffray -- Toward a comprehensive law : tsarist factory labor legislation in European context, 1830-1914 / Boris B. Gorshkov -- Rereading old texts : Sergei Witte and the industrialization of Russia / Frank Wcislo -- Religious and nationalist aspects of entrepreneurialism in Russia / Boris V. Anan'ich -- The role of "Europe" in Russian nationalism : reinterpreting the relationship between Russia and the West in Slavophile thought / Susanna Rabow-Edling -- Statistics, social science, and social justice : the Zemstvo statisticians of pre-revolutionary Russia / Esther Kingston-Mann -- "The temple of idleness" : associations and the public sphere in provincial Russia / Lutz Häfner -- Russian punishments in the European mirror / Jonathan Daly -- St. Petersburg workers and implementation of the social insurance law of 1912 / Alice K. Pate -- Russia's outlooks on the present and future, 1910-1914 : what the press tells us / Michael Melancon |
| Summary |
This volume surveys nineteenth century Russian society and economy and finds that Russian institutions, practices and ideas fit the general European pattern for that period of rapid change. In the nineteenth century there were still many different ways to be European, and excessive generalization obscures the great diversity that still characterized European civilization. Moreover, these essays bring to light several points at which Russian legislation and thinking provided models for others to follow. The authors focus on key elements of how Russians envisaged and constructed their economy and society. This is an important contribution that increases understanding of Russian history at a time when Russia's relationship with the "West" is again debated |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
European history -- Russia.
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Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 -- Russia.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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History.
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Economic history
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International relations
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Social conditions
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Social Conditions.
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Sociology & Social History.
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Social Sciences.
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| SUBJECT |
Russia (Federation) -- History -- 19th century
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Russia (Federation) -- Social conditions -- 1801-1917
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Russia (Federation) -- Economic conditions -- 1861-1917
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Russia (Federation) -- Relations -- Europe
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Europe -- Relations -- Russia
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Europe
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Russia
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Russia (Federation)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McCaffray, Susan Purves.
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Melancon, Michael S., 1940-
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| ISBN |
9781403982261 |
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1403982260 |
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1281369012 |
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9781281369017 |
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9781403968555 |
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1403968551 |
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