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Mind and labor on the farm in black-earth Russia, 1861-1914

David Kerans
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  • Contents

  • Reviews

  • Frontmatter
  • List of Figures (page xi)
  • List of Tables (page xii)
  • List of Maps (page xiv)
  • Introduction: The Agrarian Problem as a History of Work (page 1)
  • A Note on Sources (page 10)
  • Notes (page 13)
  • PART ONE: FARMING THROUGH THE PEASANT'S EYES. THE EVOLUTION OF LABOR, 1861-1914
    • Methods of Cultivation (page 17)
    • Growing Grains (page 67)
    • Notes (page 99)
  • PART TWO: TOWARDS A HISTORY AND UNDERSTANDING OF AGRONOMIC APTITUDE
    • The Peasant Farmer and Soil: The Four Stages of Comprehension (page 133)
    • Profit Maximizing: Utility Maximizing, or Something Else? (page 141)
    • Conclusion: From Faith in Routine to Belief in Agency (page 184)
    • Notes (page 191)
  • PART THREE: THE THREE-FIELD SYSTEM AND BEYOND
    • Systems of Agriculture, Systems of Farming, Crop Rotations. Delineation of Terms (page 227)
    • The Fodder Crisis: Decay of the Three-Field System? (page 234)
    • A System Despised (page 248)
    • Multi-Field vs. Three-Field Systems (page 272)
    • Conclusion (page 283)
    • Notes (page 292)
  • PART FOUR: GOVERNMENT'S SOLUTION TO THE AGRARIAN PROBLEM: THE STOLYPIN REFORM IN TAMBOV
    • What was the Stolypin Reform? (page 307)
    • The Stolypin Reform in Tambov (page 319)
    • Parcelized Holdings vs. Consolidated Plots: Conclusions (page 339)
    • The Stolypin Reform and the Configuration of Peasant Lands (page 342)
    • The Stolypin Reform in Action (page 347)
    • Peasant Attitudes to Consolidated Plots (page 354)
    • Farming on the Consolidated Plots (page 360)
    • Agricultural Improvement (page 364)
    • Conclusion (page 368)
    • Notes (page 372)
  • PART FIVE: ALTERNATIVES FOR REFORM, PROSPECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT
    • Introduction (page 389)
    • The Agronomic Aid Effort in Tambov (page 396)
    • Conclusion (page 415)
    • Epilogue (page 430)
    • Notes (page 431)
  • Appendix. Nutrition and Mortality in Tambov, 1880-1914 (page 445)
  • Bibliography of All Books, Journals, and Archives Cited (page 449)
  • A Miniature Glossary (page 483)
  • Some Russian Weights and Measures (page 486)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
EAS 55.1 (Jan. 2003): 161-162 http://www.jstor.org/stable/826531
SR 61.3 (Autumn 2002): 616-617 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3090334
AHR 107.5 (Dec. 2002): 1669-1670 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3091427
SEER 81.1 (Jan. 2003): 150-151 http://www.jstor.org/stable/4213652
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Published: c2001
Publisher: Central European University Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9789639116948 (hardcover)
Subject
  • Central European
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