Democracy burning? urban fire departments and the limits of civil society in late Imperial Russia, 1850-1914 /
Nineteenth-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...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Montreal ; Ithaca [N.Y.] :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
2011
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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