The Liberation Of The Serfs
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The Liberation Of The Serfs
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Author : Jürgen Backhaus
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-05-31
The Liberation Of The Serfs written by Jürgen Backhaus and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-31 with Business & Economics categories.
In Europe, the liberation of the serfs was a project initiated in 1806 with a scheduled completion date of 1810. It was obvious to those who planned the project that the liberation of the serfs involved a complete overhaul of agriculture as it was then known as Europe moved from feudalism to capitalism. For this reason, Prussia was careful in implementing the reform, and did not rush, after seeing the Kingdom of Westphalia perishing under its crushing debt accumulated in part from Napoleon’s failed Russian campaign. The basic hypothesis of this book is that slave labor can never be efficient and will therefore disappear by itself. However, this process of disappearance can take many years. For instance, two generations after the importation of slaves to North America had ended, the states still fought over the issue, and this despite the fact that Ely Whitney had invented the Cotton Gin in 1793 and already then made slavery in cotton production literally superfluous. While there have been several books on the economics of American slavery, few studies have examined this issue in an international context. The contributions in this book address the economics of unfree labor in places like Prussia, Westphalia, Austria, Argentina and the British Empire. The issue of slavery is still a hotly debated and widely studied issue, making this book of interest to academics in history, economics and African Studies alike.
The Abolition Of Serfdom In Russia
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Author : Petr Andreevich Zaĭonchkovskiĭ
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
The Abolition Of Serfdom In Russia written by Petr Andreevich Zaĭonchkovskiĭ and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with History categories.
The Emancipation Of The Serfs In Eastern Europe
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Author : Emil Niederhauser
language : en
Publisher: East European Monographs
Release Date : 2004
The Emancipation Of The Serfs In Eastern Europe written by Emil Niederhauser and has been published by East European Monographs this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
This volume, by Hungary's preeminent scholar of Eastern European social history, illustrates the similarities and differences among the region's social and governmental structures by focusing on the cases of Prussia, Mecklenburg, the Habsburg Empire, the Russian empire, and Romania.
Unfree Labor
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Author : Peter Kolchin
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1990-03-01
Unfree Labor written by Peter Kolchin and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-03-01 with History categories.
Two massive systems of unfree labor arose, a world apart from each other, in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The American enslavement of blacks and the Russian subjection of serfs flourished in different ways and varying degrees until they were legally abolished in the mid-nineteenth century. Historian Peter Kolchin compares and contrasts the two systems over time in this magisterial book, which clarifies the organization, structure, and dynamics of both social entities, highlighting their basic similarities while pointing out important differences discernible only in comparative perspective. These differences involved both the masters and the bondsmen. The independence and resident mentality of American slaveholders facilitated the emergence of a vigorous crusade to defend slavery from outside attack, whereas an absentee orientation and dependence on the central government rendered serfholders unable successfully to defend serfdom. Russian serfs, who generally lived on larger holdings than American slaves and faced less immediate interference in their everyday lives, found it easier to assert their communal autonomy but showed relatively little solidarity with peasants outside their own villages; American slaves, by contrast, were both more individualistic and more able to identify with all other blacks, both slave and free. Kolchin has discovered apparently universal features in master–bondsman relations, a central focus of his study, but he also shows their basic differences as he compares slave and serf life and chronicles patterns of resistance. If the masters had the upper hand, the slaves and serfs played major roles in shaping, and setting limits to, their own bondage. This truly unprecedented comparative work will fascinate historians, sociologists, and all social scientists, particularly those with an interest in comparative history and studies in slavery.
A History Of Slavery And Serfdom
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Author : John Kells Ingram
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
A History Of Slavery And Serfdom written by John Kells Ingram and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with Serfdom categories.
The Russian Landed Gentry And The Peasant Emancipation Of 1861
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Author : Terence Emmons
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2008-10-30
The Russian Landed Gentry And The Peasant Emancipation Of 1861 written by Terence Emmons and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-30 with History categories.
This books is concerned with the emancipation of the Russian serfs in 1861, the most important event in Russian history between the reign of Peter the Great (1682-1725) and the Revolution of 1905. It is a social history of the emancipation. The attitudes of the landowning gentry toward emancipation: their part in its preparation and their conflict with the government over the terms of emancipation and related reforms, are the major subjects treated. The book shows in what circumstances the emancipation took place, and how the gentry were involved in the process. The undertaking of emancipation produced a political and social crisis which involved a serious threat to the autocratic regime, laid the foundations for the rise of constitutional liberalism in Russia, but destroyed the foundations of the gentry class.
The Cambridge World History Of Slavery Volume 3 Ad 1420 Ad 1804
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Author : David Eltis
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2011-07-25
The Cambridge World History Of Slavery Volume 3 Ad 1420 Ad 1804 written by David Eltis and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-25 with History categories.
The various manifestations of coerced labour between the opening up of the Atlantic world and the formal creation of Haiti.
Capitalism Socialism And Serfdom
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Author : Evsey D. Domar
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1989-11-24
Capitalism Socialism And Serfdom written by Evsey D. Domar and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-11-24 with Business & Economics categories.
The collection consists of four parts: Part I presents three non-technical essays on economic development and economic systems. Four out of five essays in Part II deal with the theory and measurement of the so-called Index of Total Factor Productivity for several countries. The fifth essay is on the theory of index numbers. The first essay of Part III compares the American and Soviet patterns of economic development and finds that the path followed by each country might have been optimal for it at the time. The second essay develops a general theory of a producer cooperative. The third essay discusses a method for avoiding monopolistic exploitation, under either system, without price control. Part IV presents three applications of economic theory to historical problems - in particular, to serfdom and slavery. The first, on 'The Causes of Slavery or Serfdom', has become a classic. The second challenges the widely accepted view that Russian serfdom had become unprofitable for the serf-owners before the Emancipation of 1861. The last shows that the oft-repeated estimate of the overcharge for land allotted to the former serfs by the Emancipation has little basis in fact.
The Tragedy Of Liberation
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Author : Frank Dikötter
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2013-01-01
The Tragedy Of Liberation written by Frank Dikötter and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-01 with History categories.
In 1949 Mao Zedong hoisted the red flag over Beijing's Forbidden City. Instead of liberating the country, the communists destroyed the old order and replaced it with a repressive system that would dominate every aspect of Chinese life. In an epic of revolution and violence which draws on newly opened party archives, interviews and memoirs, Frank Dik�tter interweaves the stories of millions of ordinary people with the brutal politics of Mao's court. A gripping account of how people from all walks of life were caught up in a tragedy that sent at least five million civilians to their deaths.
Roots Of Revolution A History Of The Populist And Socialist Movements In Nineteenth Century Russia
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Author : Franco Venturi
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2023-07-22
Roots Of Revolution A History Of The Populist And Socialist Movements In Nineteenth Century Russia written by Franco Venturi and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-22 with categories.
Gain insight into the societal and political factors that led to the Russian Revolution through this comprehensive history of the populist and socialist movements in nineteenth century Russia. Venturi masterfully intertwines individual stories and larger societal trends to paint a vivid picture of this pivotal time in history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.