LEADER 03677nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910790436503321 005 20230126205027.0 010 $a1-283-53019-8 010 $a9786613842640 010 $a0-7735-8069-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773580695 035 $a(CKB)2670000000148856 035 $a(OCoLC)767732238 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10580687 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000688445 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11450312 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000688445 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10606973 035 $a(PQKB)10516025 035 $a(CEL)435901 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00230011 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3332440 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10578027 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL384264 035 $a(OCoLC)923237611 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/r8fmbv 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3332440 035 $a(DE-B1597)657598 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773580695 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000148856 100 $a20110509d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||a|| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDemocracy burning?$b[electronic resource] $eurban fire departments and the limits of civil society in late Imperial Russia, 1850-1914 /$fNigel A. Raab 210 $aMontreal ;$aIthaca [N.Y.] $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (277 p.) 311 $a0-7735-3779-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1 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. 330 $aNineteenth-century commentators often claimed that Russia burned to the ground every thirty years. In an empire whose cities were built of wood, firefighters had a visible presence throughout Russia's urban centres and became politically active across the country. Democracy Burning? studies the political, cultural, and social values of volunteer firefighters and reveals the ways in which their public organizations cooperated with the authoritarian state. Nigel Raab considers the important roles that nationalism, regionalism, militarism, photography, and civil society played in fire departments and challenges prevailing notions that volunteer organizations opposed the state. His analysis not only provides insights into questions about a nascent civic consciousness in the years leading to revolution but also reveals new and important information about other aspects of urban life. A skilled work of history and urban studies, Democracy Burning? forces us to rethink the way we consider large public organizations and their relation to authoritarian governments. 606 $aFire departments$zRussia$xHistory 607 $aRussia$xHistory$y1801-1917 607 $aRussia$xSocial conditions$y1801-1917 607 $aRussia$xPolitics and government$y1801-1917 615 0$aFire departments$xHistory. 676 $a363.37/8094709034 700 $aRaab$b Nigel A.$f1968-$01476273 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790436503321 996 $aDemocracy burning$93701149 997 $aUNINA