About the Author

Leonard Friesen is Associate Professor and founding Chair of the Global Studies Program at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Reviews

This is an important book. In a richly documented monograph, Friesen contributes to an evolving scholarly reassessment of provincial life in imperial Russia. Against the longstanding consensus of a countryside mired in stagnation, Friesen describes the economic dynamism and demographic growth of New Russia (today, southern Ukraine) in the 19th century.
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