For the Common Good and Their Own Well-Being: Social Estates in Imperial Russia

@inproceedings{Smith2014ForTC,
  title={For the Common Good and Their Own Well-Being: Social Estates in Imperial Russia},
  author={Alison K. Smith},
  year={2014}
}
Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: The Meaning of Soslovie Chapter 2: Legal Standards and Administrative Reality: Local Interests and Central Ideals in the 18th Century Chapter 3: The Freedom to Choose and the Right to Refuse Chapter 4: Communities and Individuals: Soslovie Societies and their Members Chapter 5: The Death and Life of Sosloviia in the Post-Reform Empire Chapter 6: The Evolution of Collective Responsibility Chapter 7: Soslovie in Context: Life Stories… 
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