The Plow, the Hammer, and the Knout

The Plow, the Hammer, and the Knout PDF Author: Arcadius Kahan
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226422534
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 460

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Book Description
The eighteenth century was crucial in Russian history, marking the nation's emergence from a preindustrial society and the onset of a modernization that would make Russia a great European, and eventually global, power. Kahan writes social history of this century to reflect that Russia accomplished this transformation through the coercive power of the state, and the strength and skills of its labor force.