Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Author’s Note vii
4. Introduction: From the Other Shore 1
5. PART I: AUTOCRATIC RUSSIA, LETHARGIC RUSSIANS
6. 1 An Empire of Climate 17
7. 2 Endurance without Limit 28
8. 3 Studying Our Nearest Oriental Neighbor 54
9. PART II: REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA, INSTINCTUAL RUSSIANS
10. 4 Little above the Brute 69
11. 5 Sheep without a Shepherd 84
12. 6 Feeding the Mute Millions of Muzhiks 103
13. PART III: MODERNIZING RUSSIA, BACKWARD RUSSIANS
14. 7 New Society, New Scholars 127
15. 8 The Romance of Economic Development 153
16. 9 Starving Itself Great 194
17. 10 Scratch a Soviet and You’ll Find a Russian 244
18. Epilogue: Russian Expertise in an Age of Social Science 273
19. Sources 289
20. Abbreviations 299
21. Notes 303
22. Acknowledgments 381
23. Index 385