Portrait of a Russian Province: Economy, Society, and Civilization in Nineteenth-Century Nizhnii Novgorod

by Catherine Evtuhov

Several stark premises have long prevailed in our approach to Russian history. It was commonly assumed that Russia had always labored under a highly centralized and autocratic imperial state. The responsibility for this lamentable state of affairs was ultimately assigned to the profoundly agrarian character of Russian society. The countryside, home to the overwhelming majority of the nation s population, was considered a harsh world of cruel landowners...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822961717
• ISBN13: 9780822961710
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"