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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 political, cultural, and social values of volunteer firefighters and reveals the ways in which their public organizations cooperated with the authoritarian state.

Democracy Burning?: Urban Fire Departments and the Limits of Civil Society in Late Imperial Russia, 1850-1914

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Nineteenth-century commentators often claimed that Russia burned to the ground every thirty years. In an empire whose cities were built... Read more

    Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
    Publication Date: 10/01/2011
    ISBN13: 9780773537798, 978-0773537798
    ISBN10: 773537791

    Number of Pages: 270

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

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    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 political, cultural, and social values of volunteer firefighters and reveals the ways in which their public organizations cooperated with the authoritarian state.

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