A Social History Of Imperial Russia, 1700-1917, Volume I

Boris Mironov is a specialist in the economic, demographic, and social history of Russia and the Soviet Union at Leningrad State University.

Introduction, Ben Eklof; 1. Territorial Expansion and Its Consequences; Territorial Expansion and Population Growth; The Effects of Colonization; Natural Resources; The Role of Geography and Demography in Economic Growth and Societal Change; Notes; 2. Demography; The Demographic Mentality of the Orthodox Population from the Eighteenth to the Early Twentieth Century; Nuptiality; Divorce; Family Structure; Fertility; Mortality; Demographic Behavior of the Non-Orthodox Population; Conclusion: From Traditional to Rational Reproduction; Notes; 3. The Family; The Peasant Household: Structure and Life Cycle; The Urban Household; Family Relations Among Peasants; Family Relations Among Townspeople; The Noble Family; The Changing Family: From Complex to Nuclear, from Authoritarian to Egalitarian; Notes; 4. Social Structure and Social Mobility; Did Social Estates Exist in Russia?; Stratification and Mobility Within Estates; The Social Structure of Imperial Russian Society; From Classes to Estates, and Back; Notes; 5. Rural Social Institutions; The Commune Before the Eighteenth Century; From the Eighteenth Century to the Revolution: Basic Communal Structure; The Dynamics of the Peasant Commune Before Emancipation; The Peasant Commune After Emancipation; Notes; 6. The Nobility and the Urban Estates; Urban Communes and Corporations Before the Petrine Reforms; Consolidation and Disintegration of the City Communes, 1699-1755; From City Commune to Society, 1775-1869; The Decline of Traditional Urban Corporations; The Origins of the Corporation of Nobles; The Noble Corporation from the Late Eighteenth to the Early Twentieth Century; Conclusion: From "Community" to "Society,"; Notes; 7. Town and Countryside in Imperial Russia; Defining Urban and Rural Settlements; A Demographic Comparison of Urban and Rural Populations; Traditional Group Mentalities; The Secularization of Consciousness; A Battle of Mentalities: Tradition Versus Modernism; From Amalgamation to Differentiation, to Integration; Notes; Index