The Resource Enlightened metropolis : constructing Imperial Moscow, 1762-1855, by Alexander M. Martin
Enlightened metropolis : constructing Imperial Moscow, 1762-1855, by Alexander M. Martin
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- Summary
- "It is a cliché that tsarist Russia had two rival capitals: St. Petersburg, Russia's 'window to Europe'; and Moscow, city of palaces and onion domes, the tradition-bound metropolis of the Orthodox heartland. 'Enlightened metropolis' challenges this cultural myth by examining the tsarist regime's efforts to turn Moscow into a European city. In the eighteenth century, Europeans and even some Russians scorned Moscow as part of Asia, and the tsars themselves thought it a benighted place that endangered both their political security and their effort to Westernize their country and gain respect for Russia abroad. Beginning with Catherine the Great, they sought to remake Moscow on the model of St. Petersburg by reconstructing its buildings and institutions, fostering a Westernized "middle estate" and constructing a new image of Moscow as an enlightened metropolis. Drawing on the methodologies of urban, social, institutional, cultural, and intellectual history, 'Enlightened metropolis' asks: How was the city's urban environment - buildings, institutions, streets, smells - transformed in the nine decades from Catherine's accession to the death of Nicholas I? How did these changes affect the everyday lives of the inhabitants, and did a "middle estate" in fact come into being? Did Moscow's urban modernization resemble that of Western cities, and how was it affected by the disastrous occupation by Napoleon in 1812? Lastly, how was Moscow's modernization interpreted by writers, artists, and social commentators in Russia and the West from the Enlightenment to the mid-nineteenth century?"--provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 344 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction.
- 1. The enlightened metropolis and the imperial social project.
- 2. Space and time in the enlightened metropolis.
- 3. Envisioning the enlightened metropolis : images of Moscow under Catherine II.
- 4. Barbarism, civility, luxury : writing about Moscow in the 1790s-1820s.
- 5. Government, aristocracy, and the middling sort.
- 6. The 1812 War.
- 7. Common folk in Nicholaevan Moscow.
- 8. Complacency and anxiety : representations of Moscow under Nicholas I.
- Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9780199605781
- Label
- Enlightened metropolis : constructing Imperial Moscow, 1762-1855
- Title
- Enlightened metropolis
- Title remainder
- constructing Imperial Moscow, 1762-1855
- Statement of responsibility
- by Alexander M. Martin
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "It is a cliché that tsarist Russia had two rival capitals: St. Petersburg, Russia's 'window to Europe'; and Moscow, city of palaces and onion domes, the tradition-bound metropolis of the Orthodox heartland. 'Enlightened metropolis' challenges this cultural myth by examining the tsarist regime's efforts to turn Moscow into a European city. In the eighteenth century, Europeans and even some Russians scorned Moscow as part of Asia, and the tsars themselves thought it a benighted place that endangered both their political security and their effort to Westernize their country and gain respect for Russia abroad. Beginning with Catherine the Great, they sought to remake Moscow on the model of St. Petersburg by reconstructing its buildings and institutions, fostering a Westernized "middle estate" and constructing a new image of Moscow as an enlightened metropolis. Drawing on the methodologies of urban, social, institutional, cultural, and intellectual history, 'Enlightened metropolis' asks: How was the city's urban environment - buildings, institutions, streets, smells - transformed in the nine decades from Catherine's accession to the death of Nicholas I? How did these changes affect the everyday lives of the inhabitants, and did a "middle estate" in fact come into being? Did Moscow's urban modernization resemble that of Western cities, and how was it affected by the disastrous occupation by Napoleon in 1812? Lastly, how was Moscow's modernization interpreted by writers, artists, and social commentators in Russia and the West from the Enlightenment to the mid-nineteenth century?"--provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Martin, Alexander M
- Dewey number
- 947.312063
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Oxford studies in modern European history
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Urbanization
- Urbanization
- Moscow (Russia)
- Moscow (Russia)
- Label
- Enlightened metropolis : constructing Imperial Moscow, 1762-1855, by Alexander M. Martin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [302]-333) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
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- Content type code
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- txt
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- Contents
- Introduction. -- 1. The enlightened metropolis and the imperial social project. -- 2. Space and time in the enlightened metropolis. -- 3. Envisioning the enlightened metropolis : images of Moscow under Catherine II. -- 4. Barbarism, civility, luxury : writing about Moscow in the 1790s-1820s. -- 5. Government, aristocracy, and the middling sort. -- 6. The 1812 War. -- 7. Common folk in Nicholaevan Moscow. -- 8. Complacency and anxiety : representations of Moscow under Nicholas I. -- Conclusion
- Control code
- FIEb1731737x
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- x, 344 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199605781
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
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- (Uk)016185877
- (OCoLC)808415155
- Label
- Enlightened metropolis : constructing Imperial Moscow, 1762-1855, by Alexander M. Martin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [302]-333) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Introduction. -- 1. The enlightened metropolis and the imperial social project. -- 2. Space and time in the enlightened metropolis. -- 3. Envisioning the enlightened metropolis : images of Moscow under Catherine II. -- 4. Barbarism, civility, luxury : writing about Moscow in the 1790s-1820s. -- 5. Government, aristocracy, and the middling sort. -- 6. The 1812 War. -- 7. Common folk in Nicholaevan Moscow. -- 8. Complacency and anxiety : representations of Moscow under Nicholas I. -- Conclusion
- Control code
- FIEb1731737x
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- x, 344 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199605781
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Uk)016185877
- (OCoLC)808415155
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