Lord and Peasant in Russia from the Ninth to the Nineteenth Century

by Jerome Blum

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Genres: History, Russia, Russian History, Nonfiction, Reference, Politics

688 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1961

About the author

Jerome Blum (1913-1993) was an american economic historian specialising in the history of agriculture. Blum served in the field artillery of the US army during WWII leaving the service with the rank of Captain receiving his PhD in 1947 from Johns Hopkins University. Taught history at Princeton University from 1947 until his retirement as Professor Emeritus.

Reviews

[Erik Graff · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was assigned reading for the two-semester Russian history course taken with Greg Guroff at Grinnell College during the 1970-71 academic year. Until pulling it off the shelf a few minutes ago I hadn't been certain that I'd read it then, but the notes written inside indicate that I had. My particular interest in this course had been to study nineteenth century and early twentieth century progressive groups in Russia, groups such as the Social Revolutionaries, about which I had already learned something before enrolling in the class. The many readings covering other areas of Russian history didn't come into much play for my major papers.

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

The standard overview of this subject, i.e. serfs and serfdom in Russia, since its publication. A surprisingly readable book nonetheless - but then again I am highly interested in labor and agricultural history - in short, how folks have made a living and the conditions under which they make a living.
It's also essential reading, I suspect, for those of us who are interested in the political history of the Russian Empire during the second half of the 19th century and into the first quarter of the 20th. So I would recommend this book to anyone who plans to read Franco Venturi's Roots of Revolution, among many other books of this topic. I would recommend it even to readers who want to understand Russian literary history of the same period, e.g. Gogol's Dead Souls is incomprehensible without background knowledge of the type that Blum's book provides.

12/01/2010. I've just finished Gogol's Dead Souls - again - and I am struck by the number of terms and references related to serfs and serfdom that appear in the novel and that the author does not explain, but that Blum treats in detail.

[L · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is difficult to find a more encompassing study of this subject in modern day historiography.