Russia's Age of Serfdom 1649-1861
Blackwell History of Russia
1. Auflage Januar 2008
312 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
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
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 Russia
1796-1861.
7 The Emergence of Independent Society.
8 The Limits to Bureaucratic Government.
9 To Speak for the Russian People.
Notes.
References.
Index.
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
extended interpretive essay ... .Graduate students, advanced
undergraduates, and non-Russianist historians. It is they who have
the most cause to welcome the publication of this excellent book,
and to look forward to the remaining volumes in the Blackwell
History of Russia series" (Reviews in History, March
2009)
"Wirtschafter's detailed descriptions and analysis,
particularly of the Muscovite and Petrine periods, make this an
excellent source for advanced undergraduates and graduate students.
The addition of an inclusive introduction and conclusion would have
made the book more accessible to a general audience."
(CHOICE, February 2009)
"Russia's Age of Serfdom brings together an enormous
volume of recent research and distills it in a way that is at once
elegantly written and deeply informative. Wirtschafter's
chapters on institutional and social history are among the clearest
and most compelling assessments of the dynamics of Russian society
that I have ever seen. Her book will be appreciated by specialists
and students alike."
-Gary Marker, State University of New York at Stony
Brook
