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Russia's Age of Serfdom 1649-1861
Elise Kimerling Wirtschafter
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Description for Russia's Age of Serfdom 1649-1861
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. Series: Blackwell History of Russia. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
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.
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.
- Considers the institution of serfdom, official social categories, and Russia’s development as a country of peasants ruled by nobles, military commanders, and civil servants
- Illuminates 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
- Traces the emergence of modern Russian culture out of and alongside Orthodox religious culture
Product Details
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell History of Russia
Number of Pages
320
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781405134576
SKU
V9781405134576
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About Elise Kimerling Wirtschafter
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).
Reviews for Russia's Age of Serfdom 1649-1861
“There are different ways to write a survey of Russian history, and most of them have been tried many times. Yet Simon Dixon, the editor of this excellent three-volume series, has invited his authors to do something new.” (Slavonic and East European Review, 1 April 2012) "The real strength of this book lies in its quality as an ... Read more