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Here is the first social history devoted to the common soldier in the Russian army during the first half of the 19th-century--an examination of soldiers as a social class and the army as a social institution. By providing a comprehensive view of one of the most important groups in Russian society on the eve of the great reforms of the mid-1800s, El



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*LIST OF TABLES, pg. ix*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xi*INTRODUCTION, pg. xiii*ONE. Conscription, pg. 3*Two. Military Society and the State, pg. 26*THREE. From Peasant to Soldier: Education and Training, pg. 55*FOUR. The Limits of Bureaucratic Regulation: The Regimental Economy, pg. 74*FIVE. Justice with Order: Autocratic Values and Military Discipline, pg. 96*Six. Soldiers in Service: Expectations and Realities, pg. 120*CONCLUSION. The Semi-Standing Army, pg. 149*NOTES AND LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS, pg. 153*SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 199*INDEX, pg. 209

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691607894, 978-0691607894
      ISBN10: 0691607893
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Here is the first social history devoted to the common soldier in the Russian army during the first half of the 19th-century--an examination of soldiers as a social class and the army as a social institution. By providing a comprehensive view of one of the most important groups in Russian society on the eve of the great reforms of the mid-1800s, El



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*LIST OF TABLES, pg. ix*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xi*INTRODUCTION, pg. xiii*ONE. Conscription, pg. 3*Two. Military Society and the State, pg. 26*THREE. From Peasant to Soldier: Education and Training, pg. 55*FOUR. The Limits of Bureaucratic Regulation: The Regimental Economy, pg. 74*FIVE. Justice with Order: Autocratic Values and Military Discipline, pg. 96*Six. Soldiers in Service: Expectations and Realities, pg. 120*CONCLUSION. The Semi-Standing Army, pg. 149*NOTES AND LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS, pg. 153*SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 199*INDEX, pg. 209

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