Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents V
3. List of Figures XI
4. List of Tables XII
5. List of Maps XIV
6. INTRODUCTION The Agrarian Problem as a History of Work 1
7. A Note on Sources 10
8. Notes 13
9. PART ONE FARMING THROUGH THE PEASANT'S EYES. THE EVOLUTION OF LABOR, 1861-1914
10. Methods of Cultivation 15
11. Growing Grain 67
12. Notes 99
13. PART TWO TOWARDS A HISTORY AND UNDERSTANDING OF AGRONOMIC APTITUDE
14. The Peasant Farmer and Soil: The Four Stages of Comprehension 129
15. Profit Maximizing, Utility Maximizing, or Something Else? 141
16. Conclusion From Faith in Routine to Belief in Agency 184
17. Notes 191
18. PART THREE. THE THREE-FIELD SYSTEM AND BEYOND
19. Systems of Agriculture, Systems of Farming, Crop Rotations. Delineation of Terms 223
20. The Fodder Crisis: Decay of the Three^Field System? 234
21. A System Despised 248
22. Multi-Field vs. Three-Field Systems 272
23. Conclusion 283
24. Notes 292
25. PART FOUR. GOVERNMENT'S SOLUTION TO THE AGRARIAN PROBLEM: THE STOLYPIN REFORM IN TAMBOV
26. What was the Stolypin Reform? 305
27. The Stolypin Reform in Tambov 319
28. Parcelized Holdings vs. Consolidated Plots: Conclusions 339
29. The Stolypin Reform and the Configuration of Peasant Lands 342
30. The Stolypin Reform in Action 347
31. Peasant Attitudes to Consolidated Plots 354
32. Farming on the Consolidated Plots 360
33. Agricultural Improvement 364
34. Conclusion 368
35. Notes 372
36. PART FIVE ALTERNATIVES FOR REFORM, PROSPECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT
37. Introduction 385
38. The Agronomic Aid Effort in Tambov 396
39. Conclusion 415
40. Epilogue 430
41. Notes 431
42. Appendix. Nutrition and Mortality in Tambov, 1880-1914 445
43. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ALL BOOKS, JOURNALS, AND ARCHIVES CITED 449
44. A MINIATURE GLOSSARY 483
45. SOME RUSSIAN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 486
46. NOTE ON DATES 486
47. NOTE ON DATES 487