Daily Life in Imperial Russia (Daily Life Through History Series)

by Greta Bucher

Overview

The history of imperial Russia is rich with warfare, class conflict, royal scandal, and the rise and fall of empire. This volume examines czarist Russia through the social and material lens, including changes in court life, serf/peasant life, the Orthodox church, and the effects of emancipation and industrialization, from the birth of Moscow to the rise of Communism.

Thematic chapters cover Peter the Great's modernization of Russia, class structure, the role of the church, traditions and rituals, work and labor practices, health, fashion, and military life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313341229
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/30/2008
Series:	The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	268
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	14 - 17 Years

About the Author

GRETA BUCHER is Professor of History at the United States Military Academy. Her research interests include Russian, Soviet and East European history

men's history, and early modern European history. She is author of Women, the Bureaucracy and Daily Life in Postwar Moscow, 1945-1953 (2006) and has written and edited several chapters, articles and translated works.

Table of Contents

Chronology
Introduction: Early History through Peter the Great
1.Modernizing Russia
2.The Elites: Princes, Boyars, and Gentry
3.The Peasantry
4.The Church and the Towns
5.Lifestyle, Traditions, and Rituals
6.Conclusion: Radicals and Revolution
Glossary
Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

…a pleasure to read. Because its interpretations of various stages and aspects of Russian history are short, balanced, well-informed, and unified by an emphasis on social history, it could be valuable as a supplementary reading in an undergraduate course or as a resource for college-level instructors preparing to teach the Russian history survey…” —The Russian Review

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