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CHAPTER 5 The Nobility in Russia and Western Europe: Contrasts and Similarities
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Foreword ix
- A Note on Transliteration and Dates xii
- Acknowledgments xiii
- INTRODUCTION The Discipline and I 1
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PART ONE The Fate of Ideas in History
- CHAPTER 1 Alexander Herzen and Isaiah Berlin on Russia’s Elusive Counter-Enlightenment 21
- CHAPTER 2 Russian and Western European Roots of Soviet Totalitarianism 42
- CHAPTER 3 Traditions, Old and New: Aspects of Protest and Dissent in Modern Russia 55
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PART TWO Social Groups in Comparative Perspective
- CHAPTER 4 On Intellectuals and Intellectual Traditions in Eighteenthand Nineteenth-Century Russia 81
- CHAPTER 5 The Nobility in Russia and Western Europe: Contrasts and Similarities 119
- CHAPTER 6 Comparing Russian Serfdom and American Slavery 141
- CHAPTER 7 Agrarian Crisis, Urbanization, and the Russian Peasants at the End of the Old Regime, 1880s–1920s 161
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PART THREE Approaches to the History of Russia
- CHAPTER 8 Reinventing the Enlightenment: Western Images of Eastern Realities in the Eighteenth Century 185
- CHAPTER 9 Political Murder in Russian Culture: Comparisons and Counterfactuals 206
- CHAPTER 10 Current Events and the Representation of the Past: Issues in Russian Historical Writing 235
- Afterword 272
- Selected Bibliography 277
- Index 288
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Foreword ix
- A Note on Transliteration and Dates xii
- Acknowledgments xiii
- INTRODUCTION The Discipline and I 1
-
PART ONE The Fate of Ideas in History
- CHAPTER 1 Alexander Herzen and Isaiah Berlin on Russia’s Elusive Counter-Enlightenment 21
- CHAPTER 2 Russian and Western European Roots of Soviet Totalitarianism 42
- CHAPTER 3 Traditions, Old and New: Aspects of Protest and Dissent in Modern Russia 55
-
PART TWO Social Groups in Comparative Perspective
- CHAPTER 4 On Intellectuals and Intellectual Traditions in Eighteenthand Nineteenth-Century Russia 81
- CHAPTER 5 The Nobility in Russia and Western Europe: Contrasts and Similarities 119
- CHAPTER 6 Comparing Russian Serfdom and American Slavery 141
- CHAPTER 7 Agrarian Crisis, Urbanization, and the Russian Peasants at the End of the Old Regime, 1880s–1920s 161
-
PART THREE Approaches to the History of Russia
- CHAPTER 8 Reinventing the Enlightenment: Western Images of Eastern Realities in the Eighteenth Century 185
- CHAPTER 9 Political Murder in Russian Culture: Comparisons and Counterfactuals 206
- CHAPTER 10 Current Events and the Representation of the Past: Issues in Russian Historical Writing 235
- Afterword 272
- Selected Bibliography 277
- Index 288