The Winter Palace and the people : staging and consuming Russia's monarchy, 1754-1917 /

"In the face of a changing social landscape in their rapidly growing nineteenth-century capital, Russian monarchs reoriented their display of imperial and national representation away from courtiers and toward the urban public. When attacked at mid-century, monarchs retreated from the palace. A...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McCaffray, Susan Purves (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Dekalb, IL : Northern Illinois University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Hof ...
Zimniĭ dvoret͡s (Saint Petersburg, Russia) > History.
Zimniĭ dvoret͡s (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
1689-1999
Palaces > Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg.
Monarchy > Russia > History.
Palais > Russie > Saint-Pétersbourg.
Monarchie > Russie > Histoire.
Monarchy
Manners and customs
Palaces
Adelshaus
Architektur
Ausstattung
Höfische Kultur
Saint Petersburg (Russia) > History.
Saint Petersburg (Russia) > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Saint Petersburg (Russia) > Social life and customs > 18th century.
Saint Petersburg (Russia) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Russia > History > 1689-1801.
Russia > History > 1801-1917.
Saint-Pétersbourg (Russie) > Histoire.
Russie > Histoire > 1689-1801.
Russie > Histoire > 1801-1917.
Russia
Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg
Winterpalast Sankt Petersburg
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I.A new stage for the theater of monarchy: 1. "A different winter palace"
  • 2. A palace made of wood and bricks
  • 3. A new city center
  • 4. Staging monarchy
  • Part II. Enacting urban monarchy: 5. Palace of patriotism
  • 6. The palace household and its master
  • 7. Palace of culture
  • Part III. The audience takes the stage: 8. Heirs
  • 9. To the palace.

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