Democracy burning? [[electronic resource] ] : urban fire departments and the limits of civil society in late Imperial Russia, 1850-1914 / / Nigel A. Raab

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461631403321
• Autore: Raab Nigel A. <1968->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal ; ; Ithaca [N.Y.], : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-53019-8; 9786613842640; 0-7735-8069-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.37/8094709034
• Soggetti: Fire departments - Russia - History; Electronic books.; Russia History 1801-1917; Russia Social conditions 1801-1917; Russia Politics and government 1801-1917
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.