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Between the fields and the city
women, work, and family in Russia, 1861-1914
By Engel, Barbara Alpern
- ISBN
- 978-0-52144-236-7
- Publisher
- Cambridge [England] ; Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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Reviewed on January 1, 1994
University of Colorado historian Engel uses previously unavailable primary sources to provide a detailed account of Russian rural migration to the city. She gives special emphasis to the plight of women, noting that they are often overlooked in studies of Russian urbanization. Her picture of peasant life is grim: suffocatingly pa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
