Between the Fields and the City: Women, Work, and Family in Russia, 1861 1914

by Barbara Alpern Engel

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This book charts the personal dimensions of economic and social change by examining the significance and consequences of Russian peasant women's migration from the village to the factory and/or city in the years between the emancipation of the serfs in 1861 and the outbreak of World War I. The author uses case studies to explore the effects of urbanization and industrialization on the relationship of the migrant to the peasant household, and on family...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0521442362

ISBN13:9780521442367

Release Date:February 1994

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Europe Gender Studies History Ireland Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Russia Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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