This volume surveys Nineteenth-century Russian society and economy and finds that Russian institutions, practices and ideas fit the general European pattern for that period of rapid change. Even apparently distinctive Russian features deepen our understanding of 'Europeaness'. In the Nineteenth-century there were still many different ways to be European, and excessive generalization based on the experiences of one or two countries obscures the great diversity that still characterized European civilization. Moreover, these essays bring to light several points at which Russian legislation and thinking provided models and examples for others to follow. The authors focus on key elements of how Russians envisaged and constructed their economy and society. This is an important contribution that increases understanding of Russian history at a time when Russia's relationship with the 'West' is again debated.
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Envisioning an Economy The Ties that Bind: The Role of the Russian Clan in Inheritance and Property Law; L. Farrow Capital, Industriousness and Private Banks in the Economic Imagination of a Nineteenth-Century Statesman; S. McCaffray Towards a Comprehensive Law: Tsarist Factory Labor Legislation in European Context, 1830-1914; B. Gorshkov Rereading Old Texts: Sergei Witte and the Industrialization of Russia; F. Wcislo Religious and Nationalist Aspects of Entrepreneurialism in Russia; B. V. Ananich Envisioning a Society The Role of "Europe" in Russian Nationalism: Reinterpreting the Relationship between Russia and the West in Slavophile Thought; S. Rabow-Edling Data-Gathering as a Subversive Activity: Politics, Social Science and Statistics; E. Kingston-Mann A Temple of Idleness? Clubs, Associations and the Public Sphere in Imperial Russia; L. Haefner Russian Punishments in the European Mirror; J. Daly Society's Views on Politics, Rights, and Labor, 1910-1914: What the Russian Press Tells Us; M. Melancon St. Petersburg Workers and Implementation of the Social Insurance Law of 1912; A. Pate
