Liberal city, conservative state : Moscow and Russia's urban crisis, 1906-1914
1987, 1st edition. New York : Oxford University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #394386
ISBN: 0195043316
Physical description: viii, 266 pages : illustrations, map, portrait ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-259) and index. Contents: Note on Transliteration and Dates; Introduction; 1. The Character of the City, 1906-1914; 2. The Elected City Government: Legal Competence and Financial Position; 3. Who the City Fathers Were: Social Composition and Politics of the Elected Officials; 4. The Police at Work: The Tsarist Administration in Moscow; 5. Responding to Labor Issues: The Approaches of the State and "Society" in Moscow; 6. Municipal Services; 7. Education; Conclusion; Epilogue: War, Revolution, and Beyond; Appendixes; Glossary of Russian Terms; Notes. Subjects: Galereja "Kino" Moskau; 1904-1914; Municipal government Soviet Union History; Politics and government; Russia History 1905-1917 Moscow; Russia (Federation) Politics and government 1904-1914.
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