TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dennison,T.K.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - The institutional framework of Russian serfdom
T2  - Cambridge studies in economic history
AV  - HD714 .D46 2011eb
U1  - 306.3/650947 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Serfdom
KW  - Russia
KW  - History
KW  - Peasants
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Land tenure
KW  - Right of property
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Rural conditions
KW  - To 1861
KW  - Commerce
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Why is Russia different? : culture, geography, institutions -- Voshchazhnikovo : a microcosm of nineteenth-century Russia -- Household structure and family economy -- The rural commune -- Land and property markets -- Labour markets -- Credit and savings -- Retail markets and consumption -- The institutional framework of Russian serfdom; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
N2  - "Russian rural history has long been based on a "peasant myth" which originated with nineteenth-century Romantics and is still accepted by many historians today. In this book, Tracy Dennison shows how Russian society looked from below, and finds nothing like the collective, redistributive, and market-averse behaviour often attributed to Russian peasants. On the contrary, the Russian rural population was as integrated into regional and even national markets as many of its west European counterparts. Serfdom was a loose garment that enabled different landlords to shape economic institutions, especially property rights, in widely diverse ways. Highly coercive and backward regimes on some landlords' estates existed side-by-side with surprisingly liberal approximations to a rule of law. This book paints a vivid and colourful picture of the everyday reality of rural Russia before the 1861 abolition of serfdom"--Provided by publisher
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10470791
ER  -