{"product_id":"provincial-russia-in-the-age-of-enlightenment-9780875802855","title":"Provincial Russia in the Age of Enlightenment","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe memoir of Dmitrii Ivanovich Rostislavov—a mathematician, teacher, and social critic—offers a rare firsthand view of provincial Russia in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Translated into English for the first time, these extraordinary observations reveal much about daily village life and the cultural milieu of the time. An acute observer, Rostislavov discusses social and ethnic relationships as well as matters pertaining to education, law enforcement, religious practice, and folk beliefs. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eRostislavov''s account of his own education is a harrowing description of coming of age in a Darwinian world of violence and cruelty. Coarse, impoverished schoolboys, brutal and corrupt teachers, and callous landlords formed a harsh environment characterized by sadistic corporal punishment and bitter class hatreds. Variously humorous, elegiac, and passionate, his narrative shows why even those from relatively privileged backgrounds came to detest the a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e List of Illustrations \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements \u003cbr\u003e Translator's Introduction \u003cbr\u003e Preface: My Goals and Intentions in Writing My Memoir \u003cbr\u003e 1. My Family Background \u003cbr\u003e 2. The Village of Palishchi and Its Environs \u003cbr\u003e 3. A Village Household \u003cbr\u003e 4. Corporal Punishment at Home \u003cbr\u003e 5. My Early Education \u003cbr\u003e 6. My Family Moves to Tuma \u003cbr\u003e 7. Outlaws and Law Enforcement \u003cbr\u003e 8. Our Home Life in Tuma \u003cbr\u003e 9. Hospitality \u003cbr\u003e 10. Household Work \u003cbr\u003e 11. Agricultural Work \u003cbr\u003e 12. Community Life in Tuma \u003cbr\u003e 13. How the Clergy Would Tour the Parish \u003cbr\u003e 14. The Kasimov Church School \u003cbr\u003e 15. The Church-School Students \u003cbr\u003e 16. My Life in Kasimov \u003cbr\u003e 17. Society in Kasimov \u003cbr\u003e 18. The Tatars of Kasimov \u003cbr\u003e 19. Governor-General Balashov \u003cbr\u003e 20. The Merchant Riumin \u003cbr\u003e 21. The Death of the Tsar \u003cbr\u003e Endnotes \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406417568087,"sku":"9780875802855","price":97.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780875802855.jpg?v=1730495726","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/provincial-russia-in-the-age-of-enlightenment-9780875802855","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}