Russia in the European Context, 1789-1914 : A Member of the Family / edited by S. McCaffray, M. Melancon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McCaffray, Susan Purves.

Melancon, Michael S., 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe--History.

Europe.

Russia--History.

Russia.

Europe, Eastern--History.

Europe, Eastern.

Soviet Union--History.

Soviet Union.

History, Modern.

Political science.

European History.

Russian, Soviet, and East European History.

Modern History.

Political Science.

Local Subjects:

European History.

Russian, Soviet, and East European History.

Modern History.

Political Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2005.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Language Note:

English

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:

Cover; Table of Contents; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction: A Member of the Family-Russia's Place in Europe, 1789-1914; Part I Envisioning an Economy; 2 The Ties that Bind: The Role of the Russian Clan in Inheritance and Property Law; 3 Capital, Industriousness, and Private Banks in the Economic Imagination of a Nineteenth-Century Statesman; 4 Toward a Comprehensive Law: Tsarist Factory Labor Legislation in European Context, 1830-1914; 5 Rereading Old Texts: Sergei Witte and the Industrialization of Russia; 6 Religious and Nationalist Aspects of Entrepreneurialism in Russia

Part II Envisioning a Society 7 The Role of "Europe" in Russian Nationalism: Reinterpreting the Relationship between Russia and the West in Slavophile Thought; 8 Statistics, Social Science, and Social Justice: The Zemstvo Statisticians of Pre-Revolutionary Russia; 9 "The Temple of Idleness": Associations and the Public Sphere in Provincial Russia; 10 Russian Punishments in the European Mirror; 11 St. Petersburg Workers and Implementation of the Social Insurance Law of 1912; 12 Russia's Outlooks on the Present and Future, 1910-1914: What the Press Tells Us; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611369019

9781281369017

1281369012

9781403982261

1403982260

OCLC:

312479770