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Plebeian modernity : social practices, illegality, and the urban poor in Russia, 1906-1916
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Title
Plebeian modernity : social practices, illegality, and the urban poor in Russia, 1906-1916 / Ilya Gerasimov.
ISBN
9781580469050
1580469051
Publication
Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2018.
Copyright Notice Date
©2018.
Physical Description
ix, 275 pages ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 10, 2018
Series
Rochester studies in East and Central Europe.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: the subalterns speak out: Gerasim and the infamous
Writing degree zero, and beyond: reading social practices between the lines
The middle Volga city as the middle ground: urban plebeian society
The patriarchal metropolis: trespassing social barriers in late imperial Vilna
"We only kill each other": the anthropology of deadly violence and contested intergroup boundaries
The transformative social experience of illegality
Epilogue: Gerasim in power: a plebeian modernity.
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Genre/Form
History.
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