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Item Details
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RUSSIA'S AGE OF SERFDOM 1649-1861
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| By: |
Elise Kimerling Wirtschafter |
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Paperback |
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£34.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1405134585 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781405134583 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
9 January, 2008 |
| Series: |
Blackwell History of Russia |
| Pages: |
312 |
| Description: |
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. |
| Synopsis: |
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 |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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