Elise Kimerling Wirtschafter

Social Identity in Imperial Russia

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This broad, panoramic view of Russian imperial society from the era of Peter the Great to the Revolution in 1917 sets forth a challenging interpretation of one of the world's most powerful and enduring monarchies. Beginning with an overview of imperial Russia's legal and institutional structures, Wirtschafter analyzes the "ruling" classes and service elites (the landowning nobility, the civil and military servicemen, the clergy) and then moves on to examine the middle groups (the raznochintsy, the commercial-industrial elites, the professionals, the intelligentsia) before turning to the peasants, townspeople, and factory workers. Wirtschafter argues provocatively that those very social, political, and legal relationships that have long been viewed as sources of conflict and crisis in fact helped to promote integration and to foster the stability that ensured Imperial Russia's survival. Social Identity in Imperial Russia will thus appeal to a wide range of readers interested in Russian history and culture, state building, and European social history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 271
• Erscheinungstermin: Oktober 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 164mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 618g
• ISBN-13: 9780875802312
• ISBN-10: 0875802311
• Artikelnr.: 22238787

Autorenporträt

Elise Kimerling Wirtschafter is Professor of History at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. The recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship in 1998, she is the author of numerous articles and several books, including most recently The Play of Ideas in Russian En lightenment Theater.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface
1. Theater and Society
2. The Social Meaning of Plays
3. The Patriarchal Household
4. Civic Society
5. The Common Good
6. Moral Monarchy
Conclusion—The Individual in Society and Polity
Appendix—Biographies of Authors
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index