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The institutional framework of Russian serfdom

Dennison, T. K. (Tracy K.), 1970-

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\"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, redistributive, and market-averse behaviour often attributed to Russian peasants. On the contrary, the Russian rural population was as integrated into regional and even national markets as many of its west European counterparts. Serfdom was a loose garment that enabled different landlords to shape economic institutions, especially property rights, in widely diverse ways. Highly coercive and backward regimes on some landlords' estates existed side-by-side with surprisingly liberal approximations to a rule of law. This book paints a vivid and colourful picture of the everyday reality of rural Russia before the 1861 abolition of serfdom\"--Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: Serfdom Russia History. / Peasants Russia Economic conditions. / Peasants Russia Social conditions. / Land tenure Russia History. / Right of property Russia History. / Agriculture Economic aspects Russia History. / Agriculture Social aspects Russia History. / Russia Rural conditions. / Russia Economic conditions To 1861. / Russia Commerce History.
• ISBN: 9780521194488, 0521194482

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HD714.D46 2011	1	BOOK	BUSINESS