Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Illustrations ix
5. Abbreviations x
6. Note on Transliteration and Dates xi
7. INTRODUCTION 1
8. 1 INTERNALIZING PUBLIC ROLES
9. From Passions to Ambitions 23
10. Curiosity, Utility, Pleasure 46
11. 2 THE COURT AND THE FAMILY
12. Dramatic Conflicts and Social Performance at the Russian Court in the 1760s 66
13. Performing Womanhood in Eighteenth-Century Russia 90
14. 3 THE DOMESTIC ECONOMY
15. The Practice of Personal Finance and the Problem of Debt among the Noble Elite in Eighteenth-Century Russia 112
16. Self-fashioning, Estate Design, and Agricultural Improvement 136
17. 4 OFFICERS OFF THE BATTLEFIELD
18. Warriors in Peace 155
19. The Political Language of the Europeanized Military Elite in the Early Nineteenth Century 176
20. 5 ALTERNATIVE SOCIABILITIES AND SPIRITUALITIES
21. The Emotional Culture of Moscow Rosicrucians 197
22. The Moscow English Club and the Public Sphere in Early Nineteenth-Century Russia 220
23. 6 EXPERIENCING THE OTHER
24. Russian Prince vs. "German Swine" 238
25. Between Friends, the Coachman 261
26. 7 THE RADICAL BIFURCATION
27. The Instability of Time and Plurality of Selves at Court and in Society 277
28. Sentimental Piety and Orthodox Asceticism 300
29. CONCLUSION 318
30. Bibliography 327
31. Contributors 349
32. Index 351