| Description |
1 online resource (x, 264 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. A Tale of Two Ministries: The Ministry of War, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Reform of the Russian Fire Department, 1855 -- 65 -- 2. The Implementation of Reform: Developing Urban Autonomy in the Public Fire Department, 1865 -- 80 -- 3. Disagreement without Opposition: The City, the State, and the Fight for Control of the Municipal Fire Department in Kazan, 1881 -- 86 -- 4. A Conservative Public Sphere: Volunteer Fire Departments, 1880 -- 1914 -- 5. The Imperial Russian Society of Firefighters, 1893 -- 1914 -- 6. Visualizing Civil Society: The Photographer and the Firefighter |
| Summary |
Democracy Burning? Urban Fire Departments and the Limits of Civil Society in Late Imperial Russia, 1850--1914 Nigel A. Raab |
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"Russia gets drunk in the fall, starves in the winter and the spring, and burns in the summer. These are the seasons of our lives." Russian saying --Book Jacket |
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JSTOR-DDA |
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Fire departments Russia History |
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Russia History 1801- 1917 |
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Russia Social conditions 1801- 1917 |
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Russia Politics and government 1801- 1917 |
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Multi-User |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-258) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Fire departments -- Russia -- History
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Fire Science.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Fire departments
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Politics and government
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Russia -- History -- 1801-1917. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125796
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Russia -- Social conditions -- 1801-1917. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125854
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Russia -- Politics and government -- 1801-1917. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125837
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Russia
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780773580695 |
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0773580697 |
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