Poverty Is Not a Vice: Charity, Society, and the State in Imperial Russia

by Adele Lindenmeyr

At the turn of the twentieth century, many Russians clung to the traditional belief that "poverty is not a vice" and that personal acts of generosity toward the poor, including beggars, earn spiritual... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691044899
• ISBN13: 9780691044897
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.6"