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Informationen zum Autor Cathy A. Frierson Klappentext Cathy A. Frierson is professor of history at the University of New Hampshire. She is the author of Peasant Icons: Representation of Rural People in Late Imperial Russia and Alexander Nikolaevich Engelgardt's Letters from the Country, 1872-1887. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction PART ONE: FROM BENEVOLENT FORCE TO NATIONAL MISFORTUNE: FIRE'S CONTESTED MEANINGS IN RURAL RUSSIA Fire as Gentle Cookery and Paradise: Peasants as Mistresses and Masters of Fire Fire as Apocalypse or Pathology: Peasants as Victims or Vectors of Fire Fire as Russia's Historical Evil: Peasants Dispossessed by Fire PART TWO: LETTING LOOSE THE RED ROOSTER: ARSON IN RURAL RUSSIA The Fiery Brand, Russian Style: Arson as Protest, Peasants as Incendiaries Arson as Impotent Spite or Potent Practice: Peasants as Vengefull, Covetous, or Wily Actors PART THREE: MOBILIZING TO MAKE RUSSIA MODERN: INSURING, PLANNING, VOLUNTEERING Fire as Insurance Hazard: Peasants as Students of Prudence and Precaution Fire Contained in the Planned Village: Peasants as Residents in a Disciplined Domestic Order Fire as the Internal Enemy: Peasants as Volunteer Firefighters Conclusion: Fire as an Imperial Legacy, Peasants as Partners in Progress Notes References Index
