The Zemstvo in Russia: An Experiment in Local Self-Government - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0521234166 ISBN 13: 9780521234160

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1982

Riassunto

The essays in this 1982 volume result from a conference held at Stanford University in 1978, assembled to assess the significance of the Russian zemstvo.

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Descrizione del libro

The essays in this 1982 volume result from a conference held at Stanford University in 1978, assembled to assess the overall character and significance of the prerevolutionary Russian experiment with the principle and practice of local self-government, the zemstvo, over half of its existence, 1864–1918.

Contenuti

List of contributors; Editorial preface; Note on terms, abbreviations, transliteration and dating; 1. Introduction Wayne S. Vucinich; 2. Local initiative in Russia before the zemstvo S. Frederick Starr; 3. Zemstvo organization and role within the administrative structure Kermit E. McKenzie; 4. The zemstvo and the peasantry Dorothy Atkinson; 5. The zemstvo and politics, 1864–1914 Roberta Thompson Manning; 6. The zemstvo and the education of the people Jeffery Brooks; 7. The zemstvo and public health Samuel C. Ramer; 8. The politics of zemstvo medicine Nancy M. Frieden; 9. Liberal professionals and professional liberals: the zemstvo statisticians and their work Robert E. Johnson; 10. The All-Russian Union of Zemstvos and World War I William Gleason; 11. The zemstvo in 1917 and its fate under Bolshevik rule William G. Rosenberg; 12. The zemstvo in historical perspective Terence Emmons; Index.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1982
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521234166
• ISBN 13: 9780521234160
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 464
• Redattore: Emmons Terence, Vucinich Wayne S.
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