{"product_id":"social-identity-in-imperial-russia-paperback-softback-9780875807287","title":"Social Identity in Imperial Russia (Paperback \/ softback) 9780875807287","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSocial Identity in Imperial Russia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElise Kimerling Wirtschafter (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780875807287\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 June 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e271 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn invaluable source of detailed information and compelling interpretations about social identities in imperial Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e (Irish Slavonic Studies) \u003cp\u003eWirtschafter has written a book that every historian of imperial Russia will need to read.... She offers a challenging countermodel to traditional interpretations of Russian social history.\u003c\/p\u003e (Times Literary Supplement) \u003cp\u003eAn important, stimulating, and useful contribution to our understanding of Russian society.\u003c\/p\u003e (Canadian Slavonic Papers)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA broad, panoramic view of Russian imperial society from the era of Peter the Great to the revolution of 1917, Wirtschafter's study sets forth a challenging interpretation of one of the world's most powerful and enduring monarchies.\u003c\/b\u003e A sophisticated synthesis that combines extensive reading of recent scholarship with archival research, it focuses on the interplay of Russia's key social groups with one another and the state. The result is a highly original history of Russian society that illuminates the relationships between state building, large-scale social structures, and everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeginning with an overview of imperial Russia's legal and institutional structures, Wirschafter analyzes the \"ruling\" classes, and service elites (the land-owning nobility, the civil and military servicemen, the clergy) and then examines the middle groups (the \u003ci\u003eraznochintsy\u003c\/i\u003e, the commercial-industrial elites, the professionals, the intelligentsia) before turning to the peasants, townspeople, and factory workers. Wirtschafter argues that those very social, political, and legal relationships that have long been viewed as sources of conflict and crisis in fact helped to promote integration and foster the stability that ensured imperial Russia's survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e Preface \u003cbr\u003e 1. Theater and Society \u003cbr\u003e 2. The Social Meaning of Plays \u003cbr\u003e 3. The Patriarchal Household \u003cbr\u003e 4. Civic Society \u003cbr\u003e 5. The Common Good \u003cbr\u003e 6. Moral Monarchy \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion-The Individual in Society and Polity \u003cbr\u003e Appendix-Biographies of Authors \u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Northern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52584761491736,"sku":"9780875807287","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/social-identity-in-imperial-russia-paperback-softback-9780875807287","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}