A public empire :

Pravilova, E. A.

A public empire : property and the quest for the common good in imperial Russia / Ekaterina Pravilova. - 1 online resource (448 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Whose nature? Environmentalism, industrialization, and the politics of property -- The meanings of property -- Forests, minerals, and the controversy over property in post-emancipation Russia -- Nationalizing rivers, expropriating lands -- The treasures of the fatherland -- Inventing national patrimony -- Private possessions and national art -- "Estates on Parnassus": literary property and cultural reform -- Writers and the audience: legal provisions and public discourse -- The private letters of national literature.

9781400850266 (e-book)


Public domain--History.--Russia
Right of property--History.--Russia
Government ownership--History.--Russia


Russia--History--1613-1917.


Electronic books.

KLA3040 / .P73 2014eb

333.10947/09034