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Item Details
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UP FROM SERFDOM
MY CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH IN RUSSIA, 1804-1824 |
| By: |
Aleksandr Nikitenko, Peter Kolchin (Foreword), Helen Saltz Jacobson (Trans) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£21.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0300097166 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780300097160 |
| Publisher: |
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
11 August, 2002 |
| Pages: |
272 |
| Translated from: |
Russian |
| Description: |
Aleksandr Nikitenko, born into Russian serfdom in 1804, almost miraculously gained his freedom as a young man, 37 years before serfdom was abolished in the Russian Empire. His autobiography - here translated into English - is one of the very few ever written by a former serf. |
| Synopsis: |
"A rare and powerful document. Nikitenko's memoir should take its place next to the very best ex-slave narratives and those of untouchables in India."-James C. Scott "An important historical account that reveals a great deal about the realities of serfdom."-Juliet Wittman, Washington Post Book World "One of the best surviving accounts of Russian serfdom."-Blake Eskin, Lingua Franca Aleksandr Nikitenko, born into Russian serfdom in 1804, almost miraculously gained his freedom as a young man, thirty-seven years before serfdom was abolished in the Russian Empire. His compelling autobiography--here translated into English for the first time-is one of the very few ever written by a former serf. Nikitenko describes the tragedy, despair, unpredictability, and astounding luck of his youth, bringing to life as never before the experience of a serf in nineteenth-century Russia. |
| Illustrations: |
25 b-w illus. + 3 maps |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Yale University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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