Essays in Russian Social and Economic History / / Steven L. Hoch.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Backlist eBook-Package 2008-2015
• VerfasserIn: Hoch, Steven L.,
• MitwirkendeR: Augustine, Wilson R.,; Hoch, Steven L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Imperial Encounters in Russian History
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (375 p.)

In this wide-ranging collection from Professor Steven L. Hoch of Washington State University, various facets of the life of Russia’s rural population are examined, from banking crises and infectious diseases to peasant rituals and land reform. In contrast to longstanding interpretations of the Russian peasantry, Hoch’s work emphasizes the role of social, epidemiological, and ecological forces in the formation of rural Russian society. Using sources infrequently considered by previous scholars, he assesses the impact of the broad economy on shaping the government polices of emancipation and land reform and the long-term consequences of these policies on peasant material well-being.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Did Russia’s Emancipated Serfs Really Pay Too Much for Too Little Land? Statistical Anomalies and Long-Tailed Distributions -- 2. On Good Numbers and Bad: Malthus, Population Trends, and Peasant Standard of Living in Late Imperial Russia -- 3. Serfs in Imperial Russia Demographic Insights -- 4. Serf Diet in Nineteenth-Century Russia -- 5. Famine, Disease, and Mortality Patterns in the Parish of Borshevka, Russia, 1830-1912 -- 6. The Banking Crisis, Peasant Reform, and Economic Development in Russia, 1857-1861 -- 7. The Tax Censuses and the Decline of the Serf Population in Imperial Russia, 1833-1858 -- 8. Tall Tales: Anthropometric Measures of Well-Being in Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union, 1821-1960 -- 9. Bridewealth, Dowry, and Socioeconomic Differentiation in Rural Russia -- 10. The Serf Economy, the Peasant Family, and the Social Order -- 11. The Great Reformers and the World They Did Not Know: Drafting the Emancipation Legislation in Russia, 1858-61 -- Index