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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John BushnellPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press ISBN: 9780253029966ISBN 10: 0253029961 Pages: 346 Publication Date: 09 October 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: What is the Opposite of Eureka? 1. The Moral Economy of Russian Serf Marriage, 1580s-1750s: Serf Marriage Unregulated 2. Nobles Discover Peasant Women's Marriage Aversion 3. The Outer Limits of Female Marriage Aversion: Kuplia Parish in the 18th Century 4. Kuplia Parish, 1830-1850: Separation, Collapse, Resumption of Marriage 5. Spasovites: the Covenant of Despair 6. Baki: Resistance to Marriage on a Forest Frontier 7. Steksovo and Sergei Mikhailovich Golitsyn: Marriage Aversion in a Context of Prosperity Inconclusion Bibliography IndexReviewsAn analysis of a previously understudied phenomenon, the book constitutes a significant contribution to the study of Russian peasant, religious, and matrimonial history. * New Books Network * Drawing mainly on tax census and parish records, John Bushnell has produced an impressive study of marriage practices among Old Believer peasants in several districts in Vladimir, Kostroma, and Nizhnii Novgorod provinces between the early eighteenth and the mid-nineteenth centuries. * The Russian Review * Drawing mainly on tax census and parish records, John Bushnell has produced an impressive study of marriage practices among Old Believer peasants in several districts in Vladimir, Kostroma, and Nizhnii Novgorod provinces between the early eighteenth and the mid-nineteenth centuries. * The Russian Review * Author InformationJohn Bushnell is Professor of History at Northwestern University. He is author of Mutiny Amid Repression: Russian Soldiers in the Revolution of 1905-1906 (Indiana University Press, 1985) and co-editor of Russia's Great Reforms, 1855–1881 (Indiana University Press, 1994). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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