Reforming Rural Russia : State, Local Society, and National Politics, 1855-1914.

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As he examines administrative reform of Russian rural local government between the abolition of serfdom and World War I, Francis William Wcislo takes as his theme the repeated attempts of tsarist statesmen to restructure the most critical mediating link between the autocratic state and a rapidly mod...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wcislo, Francis William
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Studies of the Harriman Institute.
Subjects:
1855-1917
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
HISTORY > Europe > Eastern.
HISTORY > Europe > Former Soviet Republics.
Economic history.
Politics and government
Russia > Politics and government > 1855-1881.
Russia > Politics and government > 1881-1894.
Russia > Politics and government > 1894-1917.
Russia > Economic conditions > 1861-1917.
Russie > Politique et gouvernement > 1855-1881.
Russie > Politique et gouvernement > 1881-1894.
Russie > Politique et gouvernement > 1894-1917.
Russie > Conditions économiques > 1861-1917.
Russia.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:As he examines administrative reform of Russian rural local government between the abolition of serfdom and World War I, Francis William Wcislo takes as his theme the repeated attempts of tsarist statesmen to restructure the most critical mediating link between the autocratic state and a rapidly modernizing agrarian society. His broader objective, however, is to use the issue of autocratic politics to probe the character and evolution of bureaucratic mentalit in this period. Wcislo links the social, psychological, ideological, and institutional nexus of the bureaucracy with its social.
Physical Description:1 online resource (372 pages)
ISBN:9781400861231
1400861233

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