Russian Peasant Schools: Officialdom, Village Culture, and Popular Pedagogy, 1861-1914

by Ben Eklof

This pioneering study of primary schools in the Russian countryside during the late tsarist period examines the contribution of education to the transition to modernity. The author links social, institutional,and cultural history, thus providing a multi-dimensional description of the village response to pressures of the modern world.

667 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986