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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherIndiana University Press
ISBN-100253313708
ISBN-139780253313706
eBay Product ID (ePID)73183
Product Key Features
Number of Pages388 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameCity in Late Imperial Russia
Publication Year1986
SubjectRussia & the Former Soviet Union, Public Policy / Economic Policy, Sociology / Urban
TypeTextbook
AuthorMichael F. Hamm
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, History
SeriesIndiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight23.2 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN84-043082
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition19
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal307.7/64/0947
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments 1. Introduction Michael F. Hamm 2. Moscow From Big Villiage to Metropolis Joseph Bradley 3. Between Old and New St. Petersburg in the Late Imperial Era James H. Bater 4. Continuity and Change in Late Imperial Kiev Michael F. Hamm 5. Warsaw Poles and Jews in a Conquered City Stephen D. Corrsin 6. Riga Growth, Conflict, and the Limitations of Good Government, 1850-1914 Anders Henriksson 7. Odessa and the Problem of Urban Modernization Frederick W. Skinner 8. Tiflis Crucible of Ethnic Politics, 1860-1905 Ronald Grigor Suny 9. Baku Transformation of a Muslim Town Audrey Altstadt-Mirhadi 10. Urban Revolution in the Late Russian Empire Daniel R. Brower Bibliography List of Contributors Index Illustrations between pp. 151 and 176
SynopsisThis unique and important volume examines the changes it brought in eight of the Empire's largest cities., "... one of the most coherent and unified collaborative works in the field of Russian history." --American Historical Review "This book excels in capturing the colors, tastes, sounds, and smells of Imperial Russia's rapidly growing, ethnically divided cities... " --Journal of Interdisciplinary History "... must reading for those interested in Russian urban and social history." --Slavic Review "This is a rich and informative book... " --Journal of Social History From the Great Reforms that began in the 1860s to the revolutions of 1917, the Russian Empire experienced a period of explosive urban growth. This unique and important volume examines the changes it brought in eight of the Empire's largest cities., " . . . one of the most coherent and unified collaborative works in the field of Russian history." --American Historical Review "This book excels in capturing the colors, tastes, sounds, and smells of Imperial Russia's rapidly growing, ethnically divided cities . . . " --Journal of Interdisciplinary History " . . . must reading for those interested in Russian urban and social history." --Slavic Review "This is a rich and informative book . . . " --Journal of Social History From the Great Reforms that began in the 1860s to the revolutions of 1917, the Russian Empire experienced a period of explosive urban growth. This unique and important volume examines the changes it brought in eight of the Empire's largest cities.