A public empire : property and the quest for the common good in imperial Russia /

Main Author: Pravilova, E. A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10846131
Table of Contents:
  • Whose nature? Environmentalism, industrialization, and the politics of property
  • The meanings of property
  • Forests, minerals, and the controversy over property in post-emancipation Russia
  • Nationalizing rivers, expropriating lands
  • The treasures of the fatherland
  • Inventing national patrimony
  • Private possessions and national art
  • "Estates on Parnassus": literary property and cultural reform
  • Writers and the audience: legal provisions and public discourse
  • The private letters of national literature.