The City in late imperial Russia / edited by Michael F. Hamm.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hamm, Michael F.

American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies.

Series:

Indiana-Michigan series in Russian and East European studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Russia--History.

Cities and towns.

Russia--Economic conditions--1861-1917.

Russia.

Urbanization--Russia--History.

Urbanization.

Economic history.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1986.

Summary:

From the Great Reforms that began in the 1860s to the revolutions of 1917, the Russian Empire experienced a period of explosive urban growth. The City in Late Imperial Russia examines this process and the changes it brought in eight of the Empire's largest cities: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, Warsaw, Riga, Odessa, Tiflis, and Baku. Individual chapters on each of these cities discussed changes in the economic fabric of the city and in the occupational and ethnic composition of the urban population. The quality of urban life, the nature and effectiveness of municipal government, and the possible impact of the changing environment on the growth of new forms of conflict and new attitudes toward community are also examined. Drawing on memoirs and literary sources as well as archival materials, published documents, and newspapers, the authors convey the flavor of city life and the personality of the urban population, highlighting each city's distinctive features as well as characteristics each had in common. - Jacket flap.

Contents:

Moscow : from big village to metropolis / Joseph Bradley

Between old and new : St. Petersburg in the late Imperial era / James H. Bater

Continuity and change in late Imperial Kiev / Michael F. Hamm

Warsaw : Poles and Jews in a conquered city / Stephen D. Corrsin

Riga : growth, conflict, and the limitations of good government, 1850-1914 / Anders Henriksson

Odessa and the problem of urban modernzation / Frederick W. Skinner

Tiflis : crucible of ethnic politics, 1860-1905 / Ronald Grigor Suny

Baku : transformation of a Muslim town / Audrey Altstadt-Mirhadi

Urban revolution in the late Russian Empire / Daniel R. Brower.

Notes:

Papers from a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, held in Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 1983.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-359) and index.

ISBN:

0253313708

9780253313706

OCLC:

12108231

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