Modernism and public reform in late imperial Russia :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
rural professionals and self-organization, 1905-30 /
First Statement of Responsibility
Ilya V. Gerasimov.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 325 pages ;
Dimensions
23 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Structures of mobilization. Becoming "progressive" : structural settings and mental mapping of reformism -- Bringing up a new generation of intelligentsia -- Transfer of the Italian technology of modernization and birth of the Russian "public agronomy" project -- Dynamics of modernization. The ambivalent role of the state : a conservative patron and a "progressive" rival -- The economic foundations of social mobilization -- From knowledge to influence : building a bridge to the new peasant -- At the crossroads : coping with modernization as routine -- Patterns of "nationalization". Nation as motherland -- Nation as the people -- Revolutionary nation -- The dissolution of the "imagined community" : nationalization as expropriation.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"This book is a comprehensive reconstruction of the successful attempt by rural professionals in late imperial Russia to engage peasants in a common public sphere. Covers a range of aspects, from personal income and the dynamics of the job market to ideological conflicts and psychological transformation. Based on hundreds of individual life stories"--Provided by publisher.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Agriculture and politics-- Russia-- History-- 20th century.
Agriculturists-- Russia-- History-- 20th century.
Nationalism-- Russia-- History-- 20th century.
Peasants-- Russia-- History-- 20th century.
Social change-- Russia-- History-- 20th century.
Social movements-- Russia-- History-- 20th century.
Agriculture and politics.
Agriculturists.
Bauer-- Intellektuelle-- Russland-- Geschichte 1901-1917.
Intellektuelle-- Bauer-- Russland-- Geschichte 1901-1917.
Intellektuelle-- Soziales Engagement-- Russland-- Geschichte 1901-1917.
Intellektueller
Ländlicher Raum
Nationalism.
Peasants.
Rural conditions.
Social change.
Social movements.
Soziales Engagement
Soziales Engagement-- Intellektuelle-- Russland-- Geschichte 1901-1917.