Ben Eklof 
Russian Peasant Schools [EPUB ebook] 
Officialdom, Village Culture, and Popular Pedagogy, 1861 — 1914

This pioneering study of primary schools in the Russian countryside during the late tsarist period examines the contribution of education to the transition to modernity. The author links social, institutional, and cultural history, thus providing a multi-dimensional description of the village response to pressures of the modern world.
This pioneering study of primary schools in the Russian countryside during the late tsarist period examines the contribution of education to the transition to modernity. The author links social, institutional, and cultural history, thus providing a multi-d