The Human Tradition in Imperial Russia.
Title:
The Human Tradition in Imperial Russia.
Author:
Bohac, Rodney D.
ISBN:
9781442202535
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (198 pages)
Series:
The Human Tradition around the World series
Contents:
The Human Tradition in Imperial Russia -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Fashion and the Rise of Consumer Capitalism in Russia -- Chapter Two: How One Runaway Peasant Challenged the Authority of the Russian State -- Chapter Three: Life on the River -- Chapter Four: The Good Society of Russian Enlightenment Theater -- Chapter Five: The 1827 Peasant Uprising at Bernovo -- Chapter Six: Reframing Public and Private Space in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Russia -- Chapter Seven: Happy Birthday, Siberia! -- Chapter Eight: Life in the Big City -- Chapter Nine: Freedom and Its Limitations -- Chapter Ten: "She Done Him In" -- Chapter Eleven: Serving the Household, Asserting the Self -- Chapter Twelve: Plebeian Poets in Fin de Siècle Russia -- Index -- About the Contributors.
Abstract:
Sweeping across more than two centuries, this compelling book introduces readers to some of the major themes in Imperial Russia. In a set of engaging essays, the contributors present richly human stories of individual and group experiences, as well as of key events in Russian history. We see the effects of reforms; the consequences of an economy and society built on serfdom; as well as the development of a civil society, the "woman question," urbanization, secularization, and modernity. As this book vividly shows, individuals, groups, and events raised out of obscurity remind us of the messiness of everyday life; of people's dreams, frustrations, and transformations; as well as of their sense of self and the community around them.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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