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The Peasants of Central Russia
Dunn, Stephen P.; Dunn, Ethel
Date Written: 1967-01-01Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, USA Year Published: 1967 Pages: 139pp Resource Type: Book An ethnographic description of central aspects of Russian peasant life based upon secondary sources in Russian written by Soviet ethnographers. Abstract: - Table of Contents: Editors' foreword Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction 1. Geography and history Prehistoric and early historic times Land tenure and social organization before the reforms of 1861 The emancipation and its impact Peasant customary law and legislation before and during the Stolypin land reforms From revolution to collectivization Land and agriculture Animal husbandry Nonagricultural wage labor and crafts Socioeconomic structure Values, religion, folkways Mass collectivization and its impact Historical summary 2. Kolkhoz, village, and family as social units Kolkhoz and village Organization of the kolkhoz Work in the public sector The contemporary settlement pattern The family as social unit The public versus the private economy The standard of living: The role of the family and the level of consumer services Utilities Transport Household goods Housing construction and maintenance Cultural services and entertainment Consumer services Child care Wages and social security Internal structure of the family Fictitious divisions; Extension of kin ties beyond nuclear family Social control: The family as mediator 3. Education and social mobility Social mobility in the peasant context Educational opportunity in the countryside Social mobility Modern otkhodnichestvo Contemporary population movement Recruitment of leading personnel The position of women Social mobility: Summary 4. The folk institutions Life-crisis ceremonial Religion Summary: Survival and reintegration 5. Material culture and its social correlates Houses Folk art Clothes Food Agricultural technology, tools, and equipment Summary: Folk traditions and the spread of urban tastes 6. Summary and conclusions Glossary References Subject Headings |