List of Illustrations and Maps
Word Choice and Translation
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One. The Battle for Space: What Physical and Virtual Space Reveal about the Countryside
1. The Setting
2. The Police
3. The Courts
4. The Rural Soviet
Part Two. The Battle for Resources: What Non-Violent Crime Reveals about the Countryside
5. T axation: Talking with the Taxman about Subsistence; or, Feeding the Proletarian Cat
6. The Forest: Wood, Warmth, and Repair
Part Three. The Battle for Souls: What Violent Crime Reveals about the Countryside
7. Bandit Tales: The Steam of the Still and the Lure of Easy Profit
8. Hooliganism: Toward the Cultured Life
9. Rough Justice: The Village Disciplines Its Own
10. Pitelino
Conclusion
Appendix
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index