Table of Contents
List of Figures xi
List of Tables ..... xii
List of Maps XIV
Introduction: The Agrarian Problem as a History of Work .......1.
A Note on Sources 10
Notes 13

PART ONE
FARMING THROUGH THE PEASANT'S EYES.
THE EVOLUTION OF LABOR, 1861-1914 17

PART TWO
TOWARDS A HISTORY AND UNDERSTANDING
OF AGRONOMIC APTITUDE 133

PART THREE
THE THREE-HELD SYSTEM AND BEYOND 227

PART FOUR
GOVERNMENT'S SOLUTION TO THE AGRARIAN PROBLEM:
THE STOLYPIN REFORM IN TAMBOV 307

PART FIVE
ALTERNATIVES FOR REFORM,
PROSPECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT

Appendix. Nutrition and Mortality in Tambov, 1880-1914....... 445
Bibliography of All Books, Journals, and Archives Cited ..........449
A Miniature Glossary ........483
Some Russian Weights and Measures ............. 486
Note on Dates ............. 486
Index.......487