Russia in the European context 1789-1914 : a member of the family / edited by Susan P. McCaffray and Michael Melancon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McCaffray, Susan Purves.

Melancon, Michael S., 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Relations.

Russia--Social conditions--1801-1917.

Russia.

Social conditions.

Russia--Economic conditions--1861-1917.

Economic conditions.

Russia--Relations--Europe.

Europe--Relations--Russia.

Europe.

Physical Description:

x, 238 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Summary:

This volume surveys nineteenth century Russian society and economy and finds that Russian institutions, practices and ideas fit the general European pattern for that period of rapid change. Even apparently distinctive Russian features deepen our understanding of "Europeaness." In the nineteenth century there were still many different ways to be European, and excessive generalization based on the experiences of one or two countries obscures the great diversity that still characterized European civilization. Moreover, these essays bring to light several points at which Russian legislation and thinking provided models and examples for others to follow. The authors focus on key elements of how Russians envisaged and constructed their economy and society. This is an important contribution that increases understanding of Russian history at a time when Russia's relationship with the "West" is again debated.

Contents:

1 Introduction: A Member of the Family-Russia's Place in Europe, 1789-1914 / Susan P. McCaffray, Michael Melancon 1

Part I Envisioning an Economy 11

2 The Ties that Bind: The Role of the Russian Clan in Inheritance and Property Law / Lee A. Farrow 13

3 Capital, Industriousness, and Private Banks in the Economic Imagination of a Nineteenth-Century Statesman / Susan P. McCaffray 33

4 Toward a Comprehensive Law: Tsarist Factory Labor Legislation in European Context, 1830-1914 / Boris B. Gorshkov 49

5 Rereading Old Texts: Sergei Witte and the Industrialization of Russia / Frank Wcislo 71

6 Religious and Nationalist Aspects of Entrepreneurialism in Russia / Boris V. Anan'ich 85

Part II Envisioning a Society 95

7 The Role of "Europe" in Russian Nationalism: Reinterpreting the Relationship between Russia and the West in Slavophile Thought / Susanna Rahow-Edling 97

8 Statistics, Social Science, and Social Justice: The Zemstvo Statisticians of Pre-Revolutionary Russia / Esther Kingston-Mann 113

9 "The Temple of Idleness": Associations and the Public Sphere in Provincial Russia / Lutz Hafner 141

10 Russian Punishments in the European Mirror / Jonathan Daly 161

11 St. Petersburg Workers and Implementation of the Social Insurance Law of 1912 / Alice K. Pate 189

12 Russia's Outlooks on the Present and Future, 1910-1914: What the Press Tells Us / Michael Melancon 203.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1403968551

OCLC:

56333974