Carol S. Leonard

Former Short-Term Scholar

Professional Affiliation

Lecturer, Oxford University

Wilson Center Project

The Evolution of the Labor Market in Russia

Project Summary

Focusing on 1780-1914, this project tracks the long process and gradual growth from serfdom to industrial expansion, and attempts to account for the delay of the emergence of the labor market. Discusses emancipation, peasant customs and laws, agriculture, the Land Commune, property rights, and household dynamics.