A Public Empire: Property and the Quest for the Common Good in Imperial Russia (Hardcover)

<ul style='padding-top:0;padding-left:0;list-style:none;'><li><ul style='padding-top:0;list-style:none;'><li>Acknowledgments vii: </li><li>Abbreviations xi: </li><li>Introduction: Res Publica in the Imperial State 1</li><li>PART I: Whose Nature? Environmentalism, Industrialization, and the Politics of Property 19</li><li><ul style='padding-top:0;list-style:none;'><li>1.: The Meanings of Property 21</li><li>2.: Forests, Minerals, and the Controversy over Property in Post-Emancipation Russia 55</li><li>3.: Nationalizing Rivers, Expropriating Lands 93</li></ul></li><li>PART II: The Treasures of the Fatherland 129</li><li><ul style='padding-top:0;list-style:none;'><li>4.: Inventing National Patrimony 131</li><li>5.: Private Possessions and National Art 178</li></ul></li><li>PART III: "Estates on Parnassus": Literary Property and Cultural Reform 213</li><li><ul style='padding-top:0;list-style:none;'><li>6.: Writers and the Audience: Legal Provisions and Public Discourse 215</li><li>7.: The Private Letters of National Literature 241</li></ul></li><li>Epilogue 270: </li><li>Notes 291: </li><li>Index 403: </li></ul></li></ul>