Textbook
Russia's Age of Serfdom 1649-1861ISBN: 978-1-4051-3458-3
Paperback
308 pages
February 2008, ©2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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- Offers a broad interpretive history of the Russian Empire from
the time of serfdom’s codification until its abolition
following the Crimean War
- Considers the institution of serfdom, official social
categories, and Russia’s development as a country of peasants
ruled by nobles, military commanders, and civil servants
- Illuminates the reality of absolute monarchy in Russia, with
special emphasis on the mobilization of human and material
resources, the search for regular government, and the persistence
of personal-moral forms of authority
- Traces the emergence of modern Russian culture out of and alongside Orthodox religious culture