The institutional framework of Russian serfdom / / Tracy Dennison [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790084803321
• Autore: Dennison T. K (Tracy K.), <1970->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-139-06336-7; 1-107-21437-8; 1-283-11250-7; 9786613112507; 1-139-07565-9; 1-139-08248-5; 1-139-08020-2; 1-139-07791-0; 0-511-97494-9; 1-139-06989-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xix, 254 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Cambridge studies in economic history. Second series
• Classificazione: HIS010010
• Disciplina: 306.3/650947
• Soggetti: 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
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Russian rural history has long been based on a 'Peasant Myth', originating with nineteenth-century Romantics and 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.

Precolonial Black Africa : a comparative study of the political and social systems of Europe and Black Africa, from antiquity to the formation of modern states / / Cheikh Anta Diop ; translated from the French by Harold J. Salemson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910974992503321
• Autore: Diop Cheikh Anta
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Westport, Conn., : L. Hill, c1987
• ISBN: 1-61374-743-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 240 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 967
• Soggetti: Social structure - Africa, Sub-Saharan - History; Social structure - Europe - History; Africa, Sub-Saharan Politics and government; Africa History To 1498; Europe Politics and government; Europe History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Translation of: L'Afrique noire pre-coloniale.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""PREFACE""; ""I: ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF CASTE""; ""Major Divisions Within the Caste System""; ""Conditions of the Slaves""; ""The Bâ-dolo""; ""Genesis of the Caste System""; ""Caste in Egypt""; ""Genesis of the Caste System in India""; ""II: SOCIO-POLITICAL EVOLUTION OF THE ANCIENT CITY""; ""Social Classes""; ""Eupatridae""; ""The Plebs""; ""Priest-Kings""; ""The City-State""; ""Individualism""; ""Aristocratic Revolution""; ""Social Revolution""; ""Movements of Ideas""; ""The Influence of Egypt""; ""The Roman Empire""; ""III: FORMATION OF THE MODERN EUROPEAN STATES""" "The Political and Social Middle Ages""; ""The Intellectual Middle Ages""; ""IV: POLITICAL ORGANIZATION IN BLACK AFRICA""; ""The Mossi Constitution""; ""The Constitution of Cayor""; ""Matrilinear Succession: Ghana, Mali""; ""Songhai, the Oriental Influence""; ""Precedence in Songhai""; ""The Case of Cayor""; ""Significance of Royalty""; ""The Vitalist Concept""; ""Obligations of the King""; ""Separation of Secular and Religious""; ""The Lebou ""Republic""""; ""Monarchic and Tribal Africa""; ""Origin of the Constitutional Regime""; ""Crowning of the King and Court Life"" ""Songhai""; ""Cayor""; ""Ghana""; ""Mali""; ""V: POLITICAL ORGANIZATION""; ""Power of the African Empires""; ""Strength and Extent of the Empires""; ""Ghana""; ""Mali""; ""Songhai""; ""Administrative Organization""; ""Resources of the Royalty and Nobility""; ""Taxes""; ""Customs""; ""Gold Mines""; ""Royal Treasury""; ""Booty""; ""Fees Connected with Assuming Administrative Functions""; ""Government and Administration""; ""Hostages""; ""Songhai""; ""Various Ministries""; ""Administrative Unity""; ""Military Organization""; ""Structure""; ""Knights""; ""Metaphysical Reasons"" ""Power of Religious Beliefs""; ""Mystical Underpinning of Nationalism""; ""Renunciation of the Pre-Islamic Past""; """"Sherifism""""; ""VIII: INTELLECTUAL LEVEL: TEACHING AND EDUCATION""; ""The University""; ""Teaching Method""; ""The Program""; ""Awarding of Diplomas""; ""Intellectual Development""; ""Importance of the Sherif""; ""Survival of the Black Tradition in Education""; ""Historical Reminder: The Moroccan Invasion""; ""IX: TECHNICAL LEVEL""; ""Architecture in Nilotic Sudan""; ""Architecture in Zimbabwe""; ""Architecture in Ghana and the Niger Bend""; ""Metallurgy""
• Sommario/riassunto: This comparison of the political and social systems of Europe and black Africa from antiquity to the formation of modern states demonstrates the black contribution to the development of Western civilization.