{"product_id":"letters-from-vladivostock-18941930-9780295994536","title":"Letters from Vladivostock 18941930","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Place Names\u003cbr\u003e Maps \u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Between the Two Bays: Eleanor Pray’s Vladivostok, 1894–1930, by Birgitta Ingemanson \u003cbr\u003e Biographical Sketch: The Smiths and the Prays, by Patricia D. Silver \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART I. THE PEOPLE\u003cbr\u003e 1. A Victorian Home in Siberia \u003cbr\u003e Eleanor Pray’s New Life \u003cbr\u003e Rituals and Celebrations \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Women’s Work and Leisure \u003cbr\u003e Clothes and Home Designs \u003cbr\u003e Charity Bazaars \u003cbr\u003e Sports \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART II. THE CITY\u003cbr\u003e 3. Vladivostok Scenes \u003cbr\u003e Natural Beauty, Picnics, and Excursions \u003cbr\u003e City Landmarks and Man-Made Attractions \u003cbr\u003e Street Vignettes, Human Interaction \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Historic Names \u003cbr\u003e Magnificent Ships \u003cbr\u003e Nikolai and Alexandra \u003cbr\u003e Lindholm Connections \u003cbr\u003e Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich \u003cbr\u003e Prince Heinrich of Prussia \u003cbr\u003e Isabella Bird Bishop \u003cbr\u003e Richard Theodore Greener \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Life at the Dacha \u003cbr\u003e Early Visits, 1900–1907 \u003cbr\u003e The Novogeorgievsk Estate \u003cbr\u003e The House and Garden \u003cbr\u003e Dacha Entertainments \u003cbr\u003e Philosophical Musings \u003cbr\u003e War \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART III. THE HISTORY\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Russo-Japanese War, 1904–1905 \u003cbr\u003e Waiting for War \u003cbr\u003e The Attack on Port Arthur, the Petropavlovsk \u003cbr\u003e The Bombardment of Vladivostok \u003cbr\u003e Summer and Fall 1904 \u003cbr\u003e Mukden \u003cbr\u003e The Baltic Fleet and the Battle of Tsushima \u003cbr\u003e Peace \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The Riots of 1905–1906 \u003cbr\u003e The November Days 1905 \u003cbr\u003e Vladivostok’s Bloody Sunday \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Wars, Revolutions, and Foreign Intervention \u003cbr\u003e The War Afar, 1914–1916 \u003cbr\u003e The Year of Two Revolutions, 1917 \u003cbr\u003e Allied Intervention, January 1918–April 1920 \u003cbr\u003e Japanese Occupation, 4–5 April 1920 to 25 October 1922 \u003cbr\u003e A Red Cross Sampler \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. A Window Flung Open: New Beginnings \u003cbr\u003e The Soviet Victory \u003cbr\u003e Kunst and Albers to the Rescue \u003cbr\u003e Same Home, Different Times \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e Glossary of Uncommon Terms Frequently Used by Eleanor Pray \u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Biographical Notes on Persons Frequently\u003cbr\u003e Mentioned in the Letters \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400929812823,"sku":"9780295994536","price":28.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/letters-from-vladivostock-18941930-9780295994536","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}