Portrait of a Russian province : economy, society, and civilization in nineteenth-century Nizhnii Novgorod /

Portrait of a Russian province : economy, society, and civilization in nineteenth-century Nizhnii Novgorod /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Evtuhov, Catherine.
Imprint:	Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2011.
Description:	xv, 320 p. : ill., maps (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Pitt series in Russian and East European studies Series in Russian and East European studies.
Subject:	Country life -- Russia (Federation) -- Nizhniĭ Novgorod -- History -- 19th century. Civilization. Country life. Economic history. Intellectual life. Social conditions. Nizhniĭ Novgorod (Russia) -- Civilization -- 19th century. Nizhniĭ Novgorod (Russia) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century. Nizhniĭ Novgorod (Russia) -- Social conditions -- 19th century. Nizhniĭ Novgorod (Russia) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century. Russia (Federation) -- Nizhniĭ Novgorod. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8550578

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ISBN:	9780822961710 (paper : acid-free paper) 0822961717 (paper : acid-free paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Imagining the Russian Provinces
Soil, forest, river : the ecology of provincial life
Urban topography
Rhythms : the local economy
An Artisanal case study: the Southeast
Social space : numbers, images, biographies
Managing the province : local administration
The Cadastral map in the service of the Zemstvo
Church and religion
Provincial cultural nests
The idea of province.