| Between the Fields and the City: Women, Work, and Family in Russia, 1861-1914 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Engel, Barbara Alpern (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521566215 ISBN-13: 9780521566216 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1996 Annotation: Drawing on a wealth of new archival data containing first-person accounts of peasant women's experiences, Engel provides a detailed account of the move from village to city. Unlike previous studies, this one looks at the impact of migration on the peasantry and at the experience of peasant workers in nearby factories and illuminates the personal dimensions of economic and social change. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 947 |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.01" W x 9.01" (0.81 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Russia - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book charts the personal dimensions of economic and social change by examining the significance and consequences of Russian peasant women's migration from the village to the factory and/or city in the years between the emancipation of the serfs in 1861 and the outbreak of World War I. The author uses case studies to explore the effects of urbanization and industrialization on the relationship of the migrant to the peasant household, and on family life and personal relations. It differs from other studies in looking at both village and city; in treating personal life, and in drawing on a wealth of archival data, most of it for the first time. The focus on women and the family provides a fresh perspective on the social history of late Imperial Russia. |