Modernism and public reform in late Imperial Russia : rural professionals and self organization 1905 30 pt. 1. Structures of mobilization Becoming progressive : structural settings and mental mapping of reformism Bringing up a new generation of intelligentsia Transfer of the Italian technology of modernization and birth of the Russian public agronomy project pt. 2. Dynamics of modernization The ambivalent role of the state : a conservative patron and a progressive rival The economic foundations of social mobilization From knowledge to influence : building a bridge to the new peasant At the crossroads : coping with modernization as routine pt. 3. Patterns of nationalization Nation as motherland Nation as the people Revolutionary nation The dissolution of the imagined community : nationalization as expropriation Postscript This book is a comprehensive reconstruction of the successful attempt by rural professionals in late imperial Russia to engage peasants in a common public sphere. Covers a range of aspects from personal income and the dynamics of the job market to ideological conflicts and psychological transformation. Based on hundreds of individual life stories Provided by publisher