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For the common good and their own well-being : social estates in Imperial Russia /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Alison Karen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.