Tracy Dennison

The Institutional Framework of Russian Serfdom

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book paints a vivid picture of daily life and rural economy in Russia before the 1861 abolition of serfdom.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 556g
• ISBN-13: 9780521194488
• ISBN-10: 0521194482
• Artikelnr.: 32700570

Autorenporträt

Tracy Dennison is Associate Professor of Social Science History at the California Institute of Technology. Her work has received numerous prizes, including the Pollard Prize awarded by the Institute for Historical Research at the University of London, and the Economic History Association's Alexander Gerschenkron Prize.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Why is Russia different? Culture, geography, institutions
2. Voshchazhnikovo: a microcosm of nineteenth-century Russia
3. Household structure and family economy
4. The rural commune
5. Land and property markets
6. Labour markets
7. Credit and savings
8. Retail markets and consumption
9. The institutional framework of Russian serfdom.