The institutional framework of Russian serfdom

"Russian rural history has long been based on a "peasant myth" which originated with nineteenth-century Romantics and is still accepted by many historians today. In this book, Tracy Dennison shows how Russian society looked from below, and finds nothing like the collective, redistribu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dennison, T. K. 1970-
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Series:Cambridge studies in economic history.
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Table of Contents:
  • Why is Russia different? : culture, geography, institutions
  • Voshchazhnikovo : a microcosm of nineteenth-century Russia
  • Household structure and family economy
  • The rural commune
  • Land and property markets
  • Labour markets
  • Credit and savings
  • Retail markets and consumption
  • The institutional framework of Russian serfdom.