For the common good and their own well-being : social estates in Imperial Russia / Alison K. Smith.
| Author/creator |
Smith, Alison Karen |
| Other author/creator | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014] |
| Description | ix, 278 pages ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online History |
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| Contents | The meaning of soslovie -- Legal standards and administrative reality : local interests and central ideals in the 18th century -- The freedom to choose and the right to refuse -- Communities and individuals : soslovie societies and their members -- The death and life of sosloviia in the post-reform empire -- The evolution of collective responsibility -- Soslovie in context : life stories -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Archival sources. |
| Scope and content | "This book shows how the imperial Russian system of social estates (sosloviia), which derived from the government's need to categorize and rank its subjects, held power over individual identities and life choices in Russia throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Though in part modeled on the orders of old regime Europe, also called estates, the Russian system had its own peculiarities, two of which include the imprecision in the (oft changing) laws of its rules and procedures, allowing for endless interpretations and realignments, and its stamina, not being swept away until the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. For the imperial state, estates were a means of making the population productive; for individuals, they were a source not only of individual identity, but of community, in ways at times demanding and at times supportive"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-273) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014016790 |
| ISBN | 9780199978175 (hardcover : alkaline paper) |
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