Originally published in 1987, this book is based on research concerned primarily with the Central Industrial Region. It uses archival and published sources, focusing on a category of immigrants which is comparatively well documented in official records - those who enlisted formally in the urban burgher classes. The book follows two key lines of enquiry. The first seeks clarification of the legal provisions governing such enlistment, and the second introduces a large amount of data on this enlistment. The book uses the data of individual case records and of other materials to illuminate the processes by which peasants were absorbed into the urban population in eighteenth-century Russia.

Originally published in 1987, this book is based on research concerned primarily with the Central Industrial Region. It uses archival and published sources, focusing on a category of immigrants which is comparatively well documented in official records - those who enlisted formally in the urban burgher classes. The book follows two key lines of enquiry. The first seeks clarification of the legal provisions governing such enlistment, and the second introduces a large amount of data on this enlistment. The book uses the data of individual case records and of other materials to illuminate the processes by which peasants were absorbed into the urban population in eighteenth-century Russia.

In Favor Of The Improvement Of The Navigation Of The Mississippi River. A Plea In Favor Of Isolating The Mississippi River, And Making It The Subject Of An Annual Appropriation Of $8,000,000 A Year Until It Shall Be Permanently Improved For Safe And Useful Navigation.

In Favor Of The Improvement Of The Navigation Of The Mississippi River. A Plea In Favor Of Isolating The Mississippi River, And Making It The Subject Of An Annual Appropriation Of $8,000,000 A Year Until It Shall Be Permanently Improved For Safe And Useful Navigation.

Coming-of-age drama about a young woman who battles against the odds to achieve her dreams. Following the death of her drug-addicted sister, high school student, Raya (Rutina Wesley), is then forced to leave her private medical school and return to her old, crime-filled neighbourhood. In order to raise enough to pay her tuition fees and return to school, Raya decides to enter an upcoming step-dancing competition, with prize money of $50,000 up for grabs. Raya uses her impressive dance moves to earn a place in her good friend Bishop's (Dwain Murphy) team. However, the ambitious dancer is kicked off the team for showing off during a preliminary competition. Now, if Raya has any hope of realising her dreams, she will have to regain Bishop's trust.