Tomila Lankina is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has previously authored two books and has published widely in top disciplinary journals on democracy, authoritarianism, mass protests, and historical patterns of human capital and democracy in Russia and other states.

'Tomila Lankina has written a deeply original and meticulously researched study of historical sociology with profound implications for how we understand politics in today's Russia.  The Estate Origins of Democracy in Russia challenges the widespread scholarly consensus that communism fundamentally altered Russia's social structure. Instead, Lankina demonstrates important continuities – most significantly, the persistence of the Russian pre-revolutionary middle class through decades of communist rule, and its reemergence in its aftermath.' Jeffrey Kopstein, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Irvine

• 1. Theorizing post-revolutionary social resilience; 2. From imperial estates to estatist society; 3. Mapping society and the public sphere in imperial Russia; 4. The professions in the making of estatist society; 5. Education, socialization, and social structure; 6. Market values and the economy of survival; 7. Family matters: looking back – and forward – in time; 8. Society in space; 9. The two-pronged middle class: implications for democracy across time and in space; 10. The bourgeoisie in communist states: Comparative insights charting a comparative foreword; Afterword; Supplementary appendices: A. Archival sources; B. The 1897 census; C. District matching; D. Interview questionnaire; E. Illustrative Genealogies.

Tomila Lankina is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has previously authored two books and has published widely in top disciplinary journals on democracy, authoritarianism, mass protests, and historical patterns of human capital and democracy in Russia and other states.

'Tomila Lankina has written a deeply original and meticulously researched study of historical sociology with profound implications for how we understand politics in today's Russia.  The Estate Origins of Democracy in Russia challenges the widespread scholarly consensus that communism fundamentally altered Russia's social structure. Instead, Lankina demonstrates important continuities – most significantly, the persistence of the Russian pre-revolutionary middle class through decades of communist rule, and its reemergence in its aftermath.' Jeffrey Kopstein, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Irvine

• 1. Theorizing post-revolutionary social resilience; 2. From imperial estates to estatist society; 3. Mapping society and the public sphere in imperial Russia; 4. The professions in the making of estatist society; 5. Education, socialization, and social structure; 6. Market values and the economy of survival; 7. Family matters: looking back – and forward – in time; 8. Society in space; 9. The two-pronged middle class: implications for democracy across time and in space; 10. The bourgeoisie in communist states: Comparative insights charting a comparative foreword; Afterword; Supplementary appendices: A. Archival sources; B. The 1897 census; C. District matching; D. Interview questionnaire; E. Illustrative Genealogies.

Tomila Lankina is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has previously authored two books and has published widely in top disciplinary journals on democracy, authoritarianism, mass protests, and historical patterns of human capital and democracy in Russia and other states.

'Tomila Lankina has written a deeply original and meticulously researched study of historical sociology with profound implications for how we understand politics in today's Russia.  The Estate Origins of Democracy in Russia challenges the widespread scholarly consensus that communism fundamentally altered Russia's social structure. Instead, Lankina demonstrates important continuities – most significantly, the persistence of the Russian pre-revolutionary middle class through decades of communist rule, and its reemergence in its aftermath.' Jeffrey Kopstein, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Irvine

• 1. Theorizing post-revolutionary social resilience; 2. From imperial estates to estatist society; 3. Mapping society and the public sphere in imperial Russia; 4. The professions in the making of estatist society; 5. Education, socialization, and social structure; 6. Market values and the economy of survival; 7. Family matters: looking back – and forward – in time; 8. Society in space; 9. The two-pronged middle class: implications for democracy across time and in space; 10. The bourgeoisie in communist states: Comparative insights charting a comparative foreword; Afterword; Supplementary appendices: A. Archival sources; B. The 1897 census; C. District matching; D. Interview questionnaire; E. Illustrative Genealogies.