Summerfolk : a history of the dacha, 1710-2000 /

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The dacha is a sometimes beloved, sometimes scorned Russian dwelling. Alexander Pushkin summered in one; Joseph Stalin lived in one for the last twenty years of his life; and contemporary Russian families still escape the city to spend time in them. Stephen Lovell's generously illustrated book...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lovell, Stephen, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
1533-1917
Country homes > Russia.
Country homes > Soviet Union.
Country homes > Russia (Federation)
HOUSE & HOME > General.
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Country homes
Manners and customs
Russia > Social life and customs > 1533-1917.
Soviet Union > Social life and customs.
Russia (Federation) > Social life and customs.
Russie > Mœurs et coutumes > 1533-1917.
URSS > Mœurs et coutumes.
Russia
Russia (Federation)
Soviet Union
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prehistory
  • Between city and court
  • The late imperial dacha boom
  • Between Arcadia and suburbia
  • The making of the Soviet dacha, 1917-1941
  • Between consumption and ownership
  • Post-Soviet suburbanization?

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