A public empire : property and the quest for the common good in imperial Russia /

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"Property rights" and "Russia" do not usually belong in the same sentence. Rather, our general image of the nation is of insecurity of private ownership and defenselessness in the face of the state. Many scholars have attributed Russia's long-term development problems to a f...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pravilova, E. A. (Ekaterina Anatolʹevna) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
1613-1917
Public domain > Russia > History.
Right of property > Russia > History.
Government ownership > Russia > History.
Domaine public > Russie > Histoire.
Droit de propriété > Russie > Histoire.
Nationalisations > Russie > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Government ownership.
Public domain.
Right of property.
Russia > History > 1613-1917.
Russie > Histoire > 1613-1917.
Russia.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Whose nature? Environmentalism, industrialization, and the politics of property
  • The meanings of property
  • Forests, minerals, and the controversy over property in post-emancipation Russia
  • Nationalizing rivers, expropriating lands
  • The treasures of the fatherland
  • Inventing national patrimony
  • Private possessions and national art
  • "Estates on Parnassus": literary property and cultural reform
  • Writers and the audience: legal provisions and public discourse
  • The private letters of national literature.

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