All Russia is burning! : a cultural history of fire and arson in late Imperial Russia /

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"Rural fires were an even more persistent scourge than famine in late imperial Russia, as Cathy Frierson shows in this first comprehensive study. Destroying almost 3 billion rubles' worth of property in European Russia between 1860 and 1904, accidental and arson fires acted as a brake on R...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Frierson, Cathy A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2002.
Temas:
1800-1899
Arson > Russia > History > 19th century.
Crimes d'incendie > Russie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
TRUE CRIME > General.
HISTORY > Europe > Eastern.
Arson
Manners and customs
Brandkatastrophe
Brandstiftung
Aufsatzsammlung
Branden.
Platteland.
Protestacties.
Russia > Social life and customs.
Russia
Russland
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From Benevolent Force to National Misfortune: Fire's Contested Meanings in Rural Russia
  • Fire as Gentle Cookery and Paradise: Peasants as Mistresses and Masters of Fire
  • Fire as Apocalypse or Pathology: Peasants as Victims or Vectors of Fire
  • Fire as Russia's Historical Evil: Peasants Dispossessed by Fire
  • Letting Loose the Red Rooster: Arson in Rural Russia
  • The Fiery Brand, Russian Style: Arson as Protest, Peasants as Incendiaries
  • Arson as Impotent Spite or Potent Practice: Peasants as Vengeful, Covetous, or Wily Actors
  • Mobilizing to Make Russia Modern: Insuring, Planning, Volunteering
  • Fire as Insurance Hazard: Peasants as Students of Prudence and Precaution
  • Fire Contained in the Planned Village: Peasants as Residents in a Disciplined Domestic Order
  • Fire as the Internal Enemy: Peasants as Volunteer Firefighters
  • Conclusion: Fire as an Imperial Legacy, Peasants as Partners in Progress
  • Total reported fires by province, 1863
  • Total reported fires by province, 1873
  • Total reported fires by province, 1883
  • Total reported fires by province, 1893
  • Population density in 1897
  • Fires per population in 1897
  • Percentage of reported fires attributed to arson, 1860s
  • Percentage of reported fires attributed to arson, 1870s
  • Percentage of reported fires attributed to arson, 1880s
  • Percentage of reported fires attributed to arson, 1890s
  • Percentage of reported fires attributed to arson, 1900-1904
  • Provinces where percentage of fires attributed to arson increased, 1888-1904.

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