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

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Photographs -- Introduction -- 1 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 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

The history of Russia's urban fire departments and the authoritarian elements of a growing public sphere.

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