Democracy Burning?
Urban Fire Departments and the Limits of Civil Society in Late Imperial Russia, 1850-1914
1st Edition
Published on 10. January 2011
277 pages
978-0-7735-8069-5 (ISBN)
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The history of Russia's urban fire departments and the authoritarian elements of a growing public sphere.
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Nigel Raab
Democracy Burning?
Urban Fire Departments and the Limits of Civil Society in Late Imperial Russia, 1850-1914
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McGill-Queen's University Press
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Raab Nigel:
Nigel Raab is professor of history at Loyola Marymount University, and the author of Democracy Burning? Urban Fire Departments and the Limits of Civil Society in Late Imperial Russia, 1850-1914.Nigel A. Raab is an assistant professor of Russian history at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
Nigel Raab is professor of history at Loyola Marymount University, and the author of Democracy Burning? Urban Fire Departments and the Limits of Civil Society in Late Imperial Russia, 1850-1914.Nigel A. Raab is an assistant professor of Russian history at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Photographs
- Introduction
- 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
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- D
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