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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Textbook
- ISBN
- 9780875805924
- Book Title
- Provincial Russia in the Age of Enlightenment : the Memoir of a Priest's Son
- Book Series
- Niu Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Philosophy, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Cultural Heritage, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Personal Memoirs, Movements / Empiricism, Customs & Traditions
- Item Weight
- 32.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 279 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cornell University Press
ISBN-10
0875805922
ISBN-13
9780875805924
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2032644
Product Key Features
Book Title
Provincial Russia in the Age of Enlightenment : the Memoir of a Priest's Son
Number of Pages
279 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Personal Memoirs, Movements / Empiricism, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year
2002
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Philosophy, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Book Series
Niu Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
32.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2001-044495
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"An expert translation of an important source." --Gregory L. Freeze, Brandeis University "Riveting and highly readable. Rostislavov provides a unique view of life in prereform Russia."--Christine D. Worobec, author of Peasant Russia and Possessed, "An expert translation of an important source." --Gregory L. Freeze, Brandeis University "Riveting and highly readable. Rostislavov provides a unique view of life in prereform Russia."--Christine D. Worobec, author of Peasant Russia and Possessed
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
947/.33
Table Of Content
Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Translator's Introduction Preface: My Goals and Intentions in Writing My Memoir 1. My Family Background 2. The Village of Palishchi and Its Environs 3. A Village Household 4. Corporal Punishment at Home 5. My Early Education 6. My Family Moves to Tuma 7. Outlaws and Law Enforcement 8. Our Home Life in Tuma 9. Hospitality 10. Household Work 11. Agricultural Work 12. Community Life in Tuma 13. How the Clergy Would Tour the Parish 14. The Kasimov Church School 15. The Church-School Students 16. My Life in Kasimov 17. Society in Kasimov 18. The Tatars of Kasimov 19. Governor-General Balashov 20. The Merchant Riumin 21. The Death of the Tsar Endnotes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
The memoir of Dmitrii Ivanovich Rostislavov--a mathematician, teacher, and social critic--offers a rare firsthand view of provincial Russia in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Translated into English for the first time, these extraordinary observations reveal much about daily village life and the cultural milieu of the time. An acute observer, Rostislavov discusses social and ethnic relationships as well as matters pertaining to education, law enforcement, religious practice, and folk beliefs. Rostislavov's account of his own education is a harrowing description of coming of age in a Darwinian world of violence and cruelty. Coarse, impoverished schoolboys, brutal and corrupt teachers, and callous landlords formed a harsh environment characterized by sadistic corporal punishment and bitter class hatreds. Variously humorous, elegiac, and passionate, his narrative shows why even those from relatively privileged backgrounds came to detest the authoritarian order of the old regime. In a probing analysis of the Russian national order, Rostislavov found the twin evils facing Russia to be the coarseness of traditional society and the authoritarianism and corruption of the regime and its representatives. Russia's hope for the future, he believed, lay with cultural changes that would ultimately raise the society's moral level. Illustrations, maps, and an introduction illuminating the historical context accompany this remarkable account of life in provincial Russia., Dmitrii Ivanoich Rostislavov was a mathematician, teacher and social critic in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Translated into English for the first time, his observations on daily life reveal the cultural milieu and issues of his time. An acute observer, Rostislavov discusses social and ethnic relationships within his village as well as matters pertaining to education, law enforcement, religious practice and folk beliefs. An educated man, he participated in the development of rationalist, scientific habits of thought and the new concern for good manners, education and genteel appearances. His parents were among the first in the village to eschew heavy drinking, to wear urban fashions instead of traditional peasant dress and to refuse to believe owls were emissaries of the devil. Illustrations, maps and an introduction illuminating the historical context accompany this account of life in provincial Russia.
LC Classification Number
DK651.R495R6713 2002
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