The Transformation of Russian Society : : Aspects of Social Change since 1861 / / ed. by Cyril E. Black.

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• MitwirkendeR: A. Bauer, Raymond,; C. Barghoorn, Frederick,; C. Tucker, Robert,; Dewitt, Nicholas,; E. Black, Cyril,; E. Bowman, Herbert,; Edeen, Alf,; Fainsod, Merle,; Feldmesser, Robert,; Fischer, George,; G. Field, Mark,; G. Gliksman, Jerzy,; Geiger, Kent,; Gerschenkron, Alexander,; H. Haimson, Leopold,; H. Von Laue, Theodore,; Harcave, Sidney,; Inkeles, Alex,; K. Brzezinski, Zbigniew,; Kassof, Allen,; L. Garthoff, Raymond,; L. Kline, George,; Madison, Bernice,; Mehnert, Klaus,; Monas, Sidney,; N. Hazard, John,; Parsons, Talcott,; S. Curtiss, John,; S. Reshetar, Jr.,; S. Timasheff, Nicholas,; Sandomirsky Dunham, Vera,; Speier, Hans,; T. Fisher, Jr.,; V. Dicks, Henry,; Volin, Lazar,; Vucinich, Alexander,; W. Eason, Warren,; Z. F. Bereday, George,
• HerausgeberIn: Black, Cyril E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1960
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (695 p.)

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE. SOCIETY AND CHANGE -- SOME PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS OF INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES -- PROBLEMS AND PATTERNS OF RUSSIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- POPULATION CHANGES -- PART TWO. LAW, POLITICS, AND SOCIAL CHANGE -- THE PATTERNS OF AUTOCRACY -- THE PARTIES AND THE STATE: THE EVOLUTION OF POLITICAL ATTITUDES -- THE COURTS AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM -- THE POLITICAL POLICE: THE DREAM OF ABEAUTIFUL AUTOCRACY -- THE STATE AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY -- THE STATE AND THE ECONOMY -- SUMMARY AND REVIEW -- PART THREE. SOCIAL STRATIFICATION -- SOCIAL CLASSES AND POLITICAL STRUCTURE -- THE INTELLIGENTSIA AND RUSSIA -- THE CIVIL SERVICE: ITS COMPOSITION AND STATUS -- THE RUSSIAN PEASANT: FROM EMANCIPATION TO KOLKHOZ -- THE RUSSIAN URBAN WORKER: FROM SERF TO PROLETARIAN -- THE MILITARY AS A SOCIAL FORCE -- SUMMARY AND REVIEW: SOCIAL STRATIFICATIONIN THE MODERNIZATION OF RUSSIA -- PART FOUR. EDUCATION, SCHOLARSHIP, AND RELIGION -- EDUCATION: ORGANIZATION AND VALUES SINCE 1917 -- LITERARY AND HISTORICAL SCHOLARSHIP -- SCHOLARSHIP IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES -- CHURCH AND STATE -- THE INNER LIFE OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH -- SUMMARY AND REVIEW -- PART FIVE. FAMILY, YOUTH, AND HUMAN WELFARE -- THE FAMILY AND SOCIAL CHANGE -- THE STRONG-WOMAN MOTIF -- YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS AND THE ADJUSTMENT OF SOVIET ADOLESCENTS -- CHANGING ATTITUDES OF RUSSIAN YOUTH -- THE ORGANIZATION OF WELFARE SERVICES -- MEDICAL ORGANIZATION AND THE MEDICAL PROFESSION -- SUMMARY AND REVIEW -- PART SIX. PERSONAL AND SOCIAL VALUES -- RUSSIAN ETHNIC VALUES -- SOME RUSSIAN IMAGES OF THE WEST -- THE IMAGE OF DUAL RUSSIA -- CHANGING ATTITUDES TOWARD THE INDIVIDUAL -- THE SOVIET MODEL OF THE IDEAL YOUTH -- SOME NOTES ON THE RUSSIAN NATIONAL CHARACTER -- SUMMARY AND REVIEW -- PART SEVEN. CONCLUSION -- THE MODERNIZATION OF RUSSIAN SOCIETY -- Contributors -- INDEX