The Russian City Between Tradition and Modernity, 1850-1900

The Russian City Between Tradition and Modernity, 1850-1900 by Daniel R. Brower explores how Russia’s urban centers became key arenas of reform, contestation, and cultural imagination in the late tsarist era. Between the Great Reforms and the Revolution of 1905, provincial towns joined Moscow and St. Petersburg as sites of demographic growth, manufacturing, trade, education, and print culture. Cities embodied both the promises and perils of reform: they symbolized progress toward enlightenm...