First published in 1990 The World of the Russian Peasant is designed to provide a wide-ranging survey of new developments in Russian peasant studies. Editors Eklof and Frank paint a broad picture of what life was like for most of the Russia's population before 1917.

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Russian Peasant Commune after the Reforms of the 1860s 2. Peasant Women and Their Work 3. The Woman's Side: Male Outmigration and the Family Economy in Kostroma Province 4. Peasant and Proletariat: Migration, Family Patterns, and Regional Loyalties 5. Peasants in Uniform: The Tsarist Army as a Peasant Society 6. Peasants and Schools 7. Popular Justice, Community and Culture among the Russian Peasantry, 1870-1900 8. Popular Religion in Twentieth Century Russia 9. Images and Ideas in Russian Peasantry Art 10. The Russian Peasant Movement of 1905-7: Its Social Composition and Revolutionary Significance Bibliography About the Contributors Index