A Public Empire: Property and the Quest for the Common Good in Imperial Russia

by Ekaterina Pravilova

Book Overview

"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 failure to advance property rights for the modern age and blamed Russian intellectuals for their indifference to the issues of ownership. A Public Empire refutes this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691180717
• ISBN13: 9780691180717
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"