| Description |
xxiv, 275 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Petrine Revolution: New Men, New Women, New Ideas - Women in Public and the New Domesticity -- 2. The Petrine Revolution: Noblewomen at Home -- 3. Outside the Circle of Privilege -- 4. Reformers and Rebels -- 5. Peasants and Proletarians -- 6. A Widening Sphere -- 7. War and Revolution -- 8. Creating the "New Soviet Woman" -- 9. The Second Revolution -- 10. Engendering Empire -- 11. World War II and Its Aftermath -- 12. Grappling with the Stalinist Legacy -- 13. New Russians, New Women? |
| Summary |
This narrative of women's experiences from the seventeenth century to the present evokes the voices of individuals to enhance Barbara Alpern Engel's account of how women of various social strata were affected by, and in turn affected, historical change. The study's use of the female perspective provides an original way of interpreting Russia's past and important insights into the impact of gender on the ways that Russians defined themselves and others, as well as political change |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Women -- Russia -- History -- 19th century.
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Women -- Russia -- History -- 20th century.
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Women -- Russia -- History -- 18th century.
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Women -- Russia -- Social conditions.
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Women -- Russia.
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Women -- Russia (Federation)
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Women -- Russia -- History.
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Women -- Soviet Union -- History.
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| LC no. |
2003043017 |
| ISBN |
0521802709 hardcover |
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0521003180 paperback |
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