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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.
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Patterns of “Nationalization”
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Front Matter
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'Ilya Gerasimov's study of agricultural modernizers in early twentieth century Russia gently smashes long-standing historical conventions. Russians into Peasants reveals the goals and careers of young activists who, between the disappointing 1905 revolution and the collapse of 1917, turned away from extremist, anti-state politics and worked with rural people to create a progressive and productive agrarian society. This is history with a human touch; Gerasimov cares about salaries and housing, as well as tractors. His fresh, independent perspective normalizes both professionals and peasants, and brings to life a forgotten generation of people who thought they could improve their society without overthrowing or occupying the state. Based on rich and unusually diverse materials agronomists' journals, provincial newspapers, the trans-Siberian train car devoted to increasing migrants' agricultural productivity, short courses and film shows addressed to the rural public Gerasimov's innovative book should change the way we look at Russian society, before 1917 and after.'
- Jane Burbank, New York University
'... Gerasimov's excellent prosopography is exciting to read and undoubtedly offers a valuable reference work on the relationship of the intelligentsia with the state and the people in late imperial and early Soviet Russia.' - Alexandre Sumpf, Ab Imperio
'...this is a rich and stimulating book from which this reviewer learned a great deal and will continue to refer to, and is strongly to be recommended to other specialists in the field.' -David Moon, Durham University, Slavonica Review
About the author
ILYA GERASIMOV holds Russian and American PhDs, and is a founder and the Executive Editor of the international
quarterly Ab Imperio dedicated to the studies of new imperial history and nationalism in the post-Soviet space (since
2000). He has published in several languages on Russian social history, the history of criminality and new imperial history.
quarterly Ab Imperio dedicated to the studies of new imperial history and nationalism in the post-Soviet space (since
2000). He has published in several languages on Russian social history, the history of criminality and new imperial history.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Modernism and Public Reform in Late Imperial Russia
Book Subtitle: Rural Professionals and Self-Organization, 1905–30
Authors: Ilya V. Gerasimov
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230250901
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Ilya V. Gerasimov 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-22947-1Published: 12 August 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-31088-3Published: 12 August 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-25090-1Published: 12 August 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 325
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Russian, Soviet, and East European History, Social History, Cultural History, European History, Modern History, Economic History