History 2404E Final: Exam Review.docx
15 Apr 2012
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Wealth and status important to success in education; how you were treated. Status didn"t make one exempt form education, needed it to advance further through society, but it was a lot easier. How much money you have determines your quality of education. Fundamental part of classical liberalism is constant improvement of people; this is done through education. Revelation after the crimean war that they weren"t an equal footing industrially and politically with the rest of europe. Ex. in tolstoy aristocrats have english/french expressions which show their status in society; superficial. Started the duma, comparable to the house of commons, but more. Empress catherine aristocratic (house of lords, german high parliament, etc. ) to provide regional representation. Establishment of the zemstvo (house of commons, local council of nobles), like what the french had before the revolution, allows more local authority, russia empire becoming decentralized. Abolition of serfdom resulted in the creation of the mirs in 1861 (communal land holdings)
