Essays in Russian Social and Economic History /
Hoch, Steven L.
Essays in Russian Social and Economic History / Steven L. Hoch. - 1 online resource (375 p.) - Imperial Encounters in Russian History .
Frontmatter -- 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 -- 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
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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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781618114280 9781618114297
10.1515/9781618114297 doi
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
HN523 / .H57 2015
330.947
Essays in Russian Social and Economic History / Steven L. Hoch. - 1 online resource (375 p.) - Imperial Encounters in Russian History .
Frontmatter -- 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 -- 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
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781618114280 9781618114297
10.1515/9781618114297 doi
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
HN523 / .H57 2015
330.947