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Cross-cultural encounters on the Ukrainian steppe : settling the Molochna basin, 1783-1861 /

In a regional history of colonization and adaptation in southern Ukraine, Staples examines how diverse agrarian groups, faced with common environmental, economic, and administrative conditions, followed sharply divergent paths of development.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Staples, John Roy, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 2003.
Colección:Tsarist and Soviet Mennonite studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • List of Maps and Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Terminology, Orthography, and Transliteration
  • Glossary of Russian Weights and Measures
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Colonization and Administrative Policy
  • 3 Adaptation on the Land-Rich Steppe, 1783-1833
  • 4 The Great Drought of 1832-1834
  • 5 Johann Cornies and the Birth of a New Mennonite World View
  • 6 The Path Taken by the Orthodox State Peasants: Land Repartition
  • 7 Consolidation and Alienation
  • 8 Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.