Nobility and Privilege in Late Imperial Russia

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Dekalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press, 1985. — 259 p. This book is an examination of several crucial aspects of the history of the nobility during that period of rapid social change; the changing relationships of the nobility to the land and to traditional occupational roles, the significance of the campaign waged by the self-appointed traditionalist defenders of noble interests and of the response they evoked from both the nobility and the state, and the emergence of a class of substantial landed proprietors out of the noble estate.Contents Preface "The Decline of the Nobility" The Nobility and the Land: A Reappraisal The Traditionalist Counterattack Exercises in Futility: Attempts to Stabilize Noble Landownership Sharing Noble Status: Problems of Membership Changing Career and Educational Patterns Further Exercises in Futility: Attempts to Restore Noble Leadership in the Countryside The Birth of a Class: Noble Landowners in Revolution and After Conclusion: Nobility, Autocracy, and Revolution Appendices Notes Glossary Bibliography Index