1st Edition

Trading Peasants and Urbanization in Eighteenth-Century Russia The Central Industrial Region

By Daniel Morrison Copyright 1987
430 Pages
by Routledge

430 Pages
by Routledge

430 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1987, this book is based on research concerned primarily with the Central Industrial Region. It uses archival and published sources, focusing on a category of immigrants which is comparatively well documented in official records - those who enlisted formally in the urban burgher classes. The book follows two key lines of enquiry. The first seeks clarification of the legal... Read more

1. "Trading Peasants" and the Problem of Urbanization in Eighteenth-Century Russia

2. Legislation on Enlistment of Peasants in the Urban Classes

3. Enlistment of Peasants in the Urban Classes – Nationwide Data

4. Moscow

5. Provincial and District Towns of the Central Industrial Region

6. Individual Paths to Urban Citizenship

Conclusion

List of Abbreviations Used in Source References

List of Sources

Biography

Daniel Morrison