Human Capital: The Settlement of Foreigners in Russia 1762-1804

by Roger P. Bartlett

Book Overview

This book examines in detail the Russian government's policy of settling foreigners in European Russia during the last third of the eighteenth century. The recruitment of foreign settlers was practised by many European states during this period, primarily as part of general population policies which sought the highest possible levels of population. In Russia it was also part of the process of settling and developing frontier regions. Dr Bartlett shows...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521086108
• ISBN13: 9780521086103
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"