Essays in Russian social and economic history / / Steven L. Hoch ; book design by Ivan Grave

• Autore: Hoch Steven L.
• Pubblicazione: Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Academic Studies Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (375 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.5520947
• Soggetto topico: Soziale Situation; Wirtschaftliche Lage; Leibeigener; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
• Soggetto geografico: Russia Social conditions 1801-1917; Russia Economic conditions 1861-1917; Russia History 20th century; Russia History 19th century; Soviet Union Social conditions 20th century; Soviet Union Economic conditions 20th century
• Persona (resp. second.): GraveIvan Platonovich <1874-1960, >
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- 1. Did Russia's Emancipated Serfs Really Pay Too Much for Too Little Land? Statistical Anomalies and Long-Tailed Distributions -- 2. On Good Numbers and Bad: Malthus, Population Trends, and Peasant Standard of Living in Late Imperial Russia -- 3. Serfs in Imperial Russia Demographic Insights -- 4. Serf Diet in Nineteenth-Century Russia -- 5. Famine, Disease, and Mortality Patterns in the Parish of Borshevka, Russia, 1830-1912 -- 6. The Banking Crisis, Peasant Reform, and Economic Development in Russia, 1857-1861 -- 7. The Tax Censuses and the Decline of the Serf Population in Imperial Russia, 1833-1858 / Hoch, Steven L. / Augustine, Wilson R. -- 8. Tall Tales: Anthropometric Measures of Well-Being in Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union, 1821-1960 -- 9. Bridewealth, Dowry, and Socioeconomic Differentiation in Rural Russia -- 10. The Serf Economy, the Peasant Family, and the Social Order -- 11. The Great Reformers and the World They Did Not Know: Drafting the Emancipation Legislation in Russia, 1858-61 -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this wide-ranging collection from Professor Steven L. Hoch of Washington State University, various facets of the life of Russia's rural population are examined, from banking crises and infectious diseases to peasant rituals and land reform. In contrast to longstanding interpretations of the Russian peasantry, Hoch's work emphasizes the role of social, epidemiological, and ecological forces in the formation of rural Russian society. Using sources infrequently considered by previous scholars, he assesses the impact of the broad economy on shaping the government polices of emancipation and land reform and the long-term consequences of these policies on peasant material well-being.
• Titolo autorizzato: Essays in Russian social and economic history
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818324103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Imperial encounters in Russian history.