Russia's Age of Serfdom 1649-1861 [Paperback]

• Considers the institution of serfdom, official social categories, and Russia’s development as a country of peasants ruled by nobles, military commanders, and civil servants
• Illuminates the reality of absolute monarchy in Russia, with special emphasis on the mobilization of human and material resources, the search for regular government, and the persistence of personal-moral forms of authority
• Traces the emergence of modern Russian culture out of and alongside Orthodox religious culture

Series Editor's Preface.

Preface.

Part I Russian Absolute Monarchy 1649-1725.

1 Face to Face in Russian Society.

2 Building a Service State.

3 Muscovite Tradition and Petrine Cultural Revolution.

Part II The Building of Society 1725-1796.

4 From the Household to Society.

5 From Service State to Government by Moral Means.

6 Russian Enlightenment Culture: A Moral Voice for Society.

Part III Government and People in Old Regime Russia 1796-1861.

7 The Emergence of Independent Society.

8 The Limits to Bureaucratic Government.

9 To Speak for the Russian People.

Notes.

References.

Index.

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