Ruling Peasants - Village and State in Late Imperial Russia : Village and State in Late Imperial Russia

List of Tables vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 3 1 Ideologies of Authority and Institutional Settings 14 2 Land Captains, Peasant Officials, and the Experience of Local Authority 47 3 Volost Courts and the Dilemmas of Legal Acculturation 85 4 The Village Assembly and Contested Collectivism 132 5 The Challenges of Property Reform, 1906-1916 169 Conclusion 207 Notes 213 Selected Bibliography 253 Index 265