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Imagining Russian Regions : Subnational Identity and Civil Society in Nineteenth-Century Russia.

Smith-Peter, Susan.

Imagining Russian Regions : Subnational Identity and Civil Society in Nineteenth-Century Russia. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (342 pages) - Russian History and Culture Series ; v.19 . - Russian History and Culture Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Maps -- Maps -- Introduction: Imagining Russian Regions -- Chapter 1 The Imperial Logic of Russian Space -- Chapter 2 The Era of Small Reforms: The Rise of a Non-Noble Provincial Identity under Nicholas I -- Chapter 3 What Should Rural Russia Be?: The Shift from Paternalism to Abolitionism among the Russian Nobility, 1830s-50s -- Chapter 4 Former Serfs and Masters United by Shared Property Rights: Hegel and the Case for a New Rural Civil Society -- Chapter 5 Centralization and Its Discontents: The Clash between the State and the Followers of the Hegelian Idea of Civil Society -- Conclusion: Subnational Identity and Civil Society in Nineteenth-Century Russia -- Bibliography -- Index.

This volume shows how ideas of civil society encouraged the growth of subnational identity in Russia before 1861.

9789004353510


Electronic books.

DK189 .S658 2018

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