Modernizare socială şi instituţională în Principatele Române, 1831-1859 [Social and Institutional Modernization in the Romanian Principalities, 1831-1859]. Edited by Venera Achim and Viorel Achim.
Bucureşti: Editura Academiei Române, 2016, 236 p. ISBN 978-973-27-2607-5
The studies on modernization as a process conducted worldwide in the last three centuries represent one of the main directions of the current historical research. When referring to the history of Romania and in particular the Romanian principalities and the Old Kingdom, the first modernization took place in the period of the Organic Regulations, covering grosso modo the interval between the introduction of the Organic Regulations (a kind of Constitution) (July 1, 1831 in Wallachia and January 1, 1832 in Moldavia) and the Paris Convention of August 7/19, 1858, which established a new political and administrative status of the principalities. The institutional, administrative, financial, cultural and social transformations that took place then were unprecedented and made possible the great reforms after 1859, during the reign of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza, and the similar developments in the subsequent period, until the First World War. Starting with A.D. Xenopol, the Romanian historians highlighted the changes occurred in the period of the Organic Regulations in all the areas of the Romanian society, the creation of a new legal framework that favoured the national regeneration movement, the struggle between the old and the new, the emergence of our public spirit, etc. The study of modernization in the period of the Organic Regulations is essential to understand the Romanian history of the nineteenth century, but also the subsequent one.
The fifteen studies published in this volume either approach conceptual issues related to the modernization problem, with application to the Romanian case, or clarify certain issues related to the beginnings and the chronology of the Organic Regulations period, or deal with an aspect of modernization in the social and institutional field. A group of three studies is dedicated to the emancipation of Gypsies from slavery, one of the big social reforms that took place in that time. By their topics and the documentary and interpretative novelties they bring, these studies represent genuine contributions to the knowledge of the first period of the Romanian modernity.
CONTENTS
Cuvânt înainte [Foreword], pp. 7-12
Foreword, pp. 13-19
I. Modernizare şi occidentalizare în Principatele Române la mijlocul secolului al XIX-lea [Modernization and Westernization in the Romanian Principalities in the Mid-19th Century]
Cătălin TURLIUC, Emancipare, occidentalizare şi transfer normativ la mijlocul secolului al XIX-lea în societatea românească [Emancipation, Westernization and Normative Transfer in the Romanian Society in the Mid-19th Century], pp. 23-31
Alexandru MAMINA, Dispozitivele sociale ale modernizării: factori interni şi externi [Social Devices of Modernization: Internal and External Factors], pp. 33-36
II. Epoca regulamentară - modernizare politică şi administrativă [The Period of the Organic Regulations - Political and Administrative Modernization]
Marian STROIA, Periodizarea epocii regulamentare. Puncte de vedere [Periodization of the Organic Regulation Epoch. Points of View], pp. 39-44
Bogdan POPA, Reformator sau cuceritor? Cariera lui Pavel Dmitrievici Kiselev în Rusia şi în Principatele Române [Reformer or Conqueror? Pavel Dmitrievich Kiselev’s Career in Russia and in the Romanian Principalities], pp. 45-57
Daniela BUŞĂ, Percepţia străinilor privind modernizarea regimului politic în Principatele Române, 1830-1850 [Foreigners’ Perception on the Modernization of the Political Regime in the Romanian Principalities, 1830-1850], pp. 59-73
Constantin ARDELEANU, Sistemul vamal al Principatelor Române în lumina unor documente britanice inedite (1829-1853) [The Customs System of the Romanian Principalities in the Light of Several Unpublished British Documents (1829-1853)], pp. 75-95
III. Aspecte ale modernizării sociale şi culturale a Principatelor Române în epoca regulamentară [Aspects of the Social and Cultural Modernization of the Romanian Principalities in the Period of the Organic Regulations]
Silviu VĂCARU, Încercări de protejare a patrimoniului cultural în perioada regulamentară [Attempts for Protecting the Cultural Heritage in the Period of the Organic Regulations], pp. 99-108
Ileana CĂZAN, Între corupţie şi nepăsare. Aspecte edilitare în Bucureşti la început de modernitate [Between Corruption and Idleness. Urban Issues in Bucharest at the Beginnings of Modernity], pp. 109-115
Ştefan PETRESCU, „Cu lacrimi fierbinţi mă rog…" Despre sărăcie şi alteritate în jalbele din arhiva Eforiei Caselor Făcătoare de Bine din Ţara Românească (1832-1840) [ "I pray with hot tears …" About Poverty and Alterity in the Complaints from the Archive of the Ephorate of the Charities of Wallachia (1832-1840)], pp. 117-126
Costin SCURTU, Biserica Ortodoxă Română sub Regulamentele organice [The Romanian Orthodox Church under the Organic Regulations], pp. 127-135
Alexandrina CUŢUI, Clericii ortodocşi participanţi la evenimentele din 1848 din Principatele Române şi represaliile la care au fost supuşi după înfrângerea revoluţiei [Orthodox Clerics Participating in the Events of 1848 in the Romanian Principalities and the Reprisals against Them After the Defeat of the Revolution], pp. 137-146
IV. Mişcarea aboliţionistă şi dezrobirea ţiganilor [The Abolitionist Movement and the Emancipation of Gypsies]
Viorel ACHIM, Transformări sociale în cadrul populaţiei ţigăneşti în epoca dezrobirii: sedentarizarea şi legarea de ocupaţia agricolă [Social Transformations within the Gypsy Population in the Period of Emancipation: Sedentarization and Adoption of an Agricultural Occupation], pp. 149-166
Raluca TOMI, Mişcarea aboliţionistă şi opinia publică din Principatele Române - mijloace de influenţare [The Abolitionist Movement and the Public Opinion in the Romanian Principalities - Means of Influence], pp. 167-178
Venera ACHIM, Proprietarii de robi şi dezrobirea [The Slave Owners and the Emancipation of Gypsies], pp. 179-191
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Anton COŞA, Rolul lui Mihail Kogălniceanu în acordarea de drepturi civile şi politice catolicilor din Moldova [Mihail Kogălniceanu’s Role in Assigning Civil and Political Rights to the Catholics in Moldavia], pp. 193-210
Indice [Index], pp. 211-227
Autorii [Authors], pp. 229-234
Contents, pp. 235-236
