In search of liberal Tsarism: the historiography of autocratic decline [PDF]
The idea that the autocracy might have successfully modernized itself has, in recent years, spread widely beyond academic circles. However, a look at traditional and recent historiography shows that very few historians support this line.
Read, Christopher
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Custom in context : Medieval and Early Modern Scotland and England [PDF]
Studying custom and its context gives unique insights into relations of property, production and law in a society. The first part of the article discusses meaning in Scotland, focusing on ‘custom as normative practice, custom as unwritten law, and custom
Houston, Robert (Rab)
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Peasantry of Southern Russia in 1920s
The question of the attitude of the peasantry to socialist modernization, the relevance of which is due to the fact that historically the south of Russia set one of the general algorithms of scientific search in studying the problems of this area is ...
I. A. Khronova
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History and National Identity Construction: The Great Famine in Irish and Ukrainian History Textbooks [PDF]
This paper compares the narratives on the Famine in Irish and Ukrainian history textbooks and examines to what extent these narratives are coloured by a nationalist discourse.
Janmaat, Germ
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The Ethnic 'Other' in Ukrainian History Textbooks: The Case of Russia and the Russians [PDF]
This paper examines portrayals of Russia and the Russians in two generations of Ukrainian history textbooks. It observes that the textbooks are highly condemning of Ukraine's main ethnic other in the guise of foreign ruler: the tsarist authorities and ...
Anderson E. A. +37 more
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Q’s message to the peasantry and poor: Considering three texts in the Sayings Gospel
This article aims to argue that the Sayings Gospel Q has a unique message for the peasantry and poor of ancient society. The intention of this article is to uncover the intended message of three particular Q texts for the peasantry and poor, namely Q 7 ...
Llewellyn Howes
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From Peasant to Peasant: Peasant Education for Agro-Ecological Resistance and Transformation
In this essay we address "peasant to peasant" processes (PCaC) as an inclusive educational and epistemic dispositive where an agroecology of knowledges is articulated for the constitution of the agroecological peasantry and peasant agroecology as a ...
Valentín Val, Peter Michael Rosset
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The rural community in Belarus after the abolition of serfdom
The article explores the creation and the functioning of rural societies in Belarus after the abolition of serfdom. Considerable focus is given to the definition of differences between the terms «rural society» and «peasant community».
Anna I. Maskevich
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Cottage Economy or Collective Farm? English Socialism and Agriculture Between Merrie England and the Five-Year Plan [PDF]
The cottage economy and the collective farm are two alternative models of socialist agriculture that relate broadly to the traditions of Romantic and utilitarian socialism and embody diametrically opposed attitudes to food and its production.
Taunton, Matthew
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Do que “os Livros Diziam” à Rua da Glória, n. 52: o PCB e a “questão camponesa” (1927-1947) [PDF]
This article treat the formation of ““Peasantry Question” in the Communist Party of Brazil during 20 and 40’s. By this study is possible to perceive how ideas on men and situations of Brazilian hinterland to give place to Peasantry Leagues and formation ...
Leonardo Soares dos Santos
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