TY - BOOK AU - Raab,Nigel A. TI - Democracy burning?: urban fire departments and the limits of civil society in late Imperial Russia, 1850-1914 SN - 9780773580695 AV - TH9565 .R33 2011eb U1 - 363.37/8094709034 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Montréal, Ithaca [N.Y.] PB - McGill-Queen's University Press KW - Fire departments KW - Russia KW - History KW - Services des incendies KW - Russie KW - Histoire KW - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING KW - Fire Science KW - bisacsh KW - HISTORY KW - General KW - fast KW - Politics and government KW - Social conditions KW - 1801-1917 KW - Conditions sociales KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - JSTOR-DDA KW - 1801- 1917 KW - Multi-User KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-258) and index; Machine generated contents note; 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 N2 - Democracy Burning? Urban Fire Departments and the Limits of Civil Society in Late Imperial Russia, 1850--1914 Nigel A. Raab; "Russia gets drunk in the fall, starves in the winter and the spring, and burns in the summer. These are the seasons of our lives." Russian saying --Book Jacket UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=404030 ER -