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.
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Toronto, Ont. :
University of Toronto Press,
2003.
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Series: | Tsarist and Soviet Mennonite studies.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.