Russia
On the Eve of War and Revolution
Will be published approx. on 19. April 2016
Book
Hardback
544 pages
978-0-691-64067-9 (ISBN)
Description
The result of six years of study and travel in pre-Soviet Russia, this work by a major British journalist provides a vivid description of daily life under the last three Tsars, in the turbulent age following the emancipation of the serfs in 1861 Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Trade binding
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
975 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-64067-9 (9780691640679)
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Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
07/2014
1st Edition
Princeton University Press
€93.99
Available for download
Persons
Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace
Content
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Introduction, pg. v*Contents, pg. xiii*I. The Imperial Administration and the Officials, pg. 3*II. The Zemstvo and Local Self-Govemment, pg. 27*III. The Imperial Duma, pg. 49*IV. The Reform of the Law Courts, pg. 67*V. Social Classes, pg. 92*VI. The Noblesse, pg. 99*VII. Landed Proprietors of the Old School, pg. 117*VIII. Proprietors of the Modern School, pg. 140*IX. The Landed Proprietors Since the Emancipation, pg. 160*X. The Towns and the Mercantile Classes, pg. 175*XI. Moscow and the Slavophils, pg. 194*XII. St. Petersburg and European Influence, pg. 218*XIII. Lord Novgorod the Great, pg. 238*XIV. A Peasant Family of the Old Type, pg. 253*XV. The Mir, or Village Community, pg. 266*XVI. The Serfs, pg. 288*XVII. The Emancipation of the Serfs, pg. 312*XVIII. The Emancipated Peasantry, pg. 338*XIX. The Village Priest, pg. 371*XX. Among the Heretics, pg. 392*XXI. The Dissenters, pg. 407*XXII. Church and State, pg. 428*XXIII. Revolutionary Nihilism and the Reaction, pg. 443*XXXV. Socialist Propaganda, Revolutionaiy Agitation, and Terrorism, pg. 464*XXV. Industrial Progress and the Proletariat, pg. 495