Warriors and Peasants: The Don Cossacks in Late Imperial Russia

by S. O'Rourke

Overview

Warriors and Peasants depicts the lives of the Don Cossacks, the largest of all the Cossack communities, in late Imperial Russia. The dual identity of the Cossacks, that of the steppe and of the settled Slavic areas, is emphasized as the key to their unique culture. The book explores how that identity manifested and preserved itself by focusing on the Cossack tradition, their economy, their families and their communities. Far from being moribund and close to collapse, the book concludes that the Cossack tradition remained among the most vibrant in the empire.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312227746
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/20/2000
Series:	St Antony's Series
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Shane O'Rourke is Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of York.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Maps Glossary Introduction The Don Cossacks 1549-1920 The Land and People of the Great Host of the Don The Cossack Yurt The Crisis of the Cossack Yurt The Local Administration of the Don Cossacks Family and Community Among the Don Cossacks Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

...an effective presentation of the external factors pressing on the Don Cossack community... American Historical Review

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