Plebeian Modernity: Social Practices, Illegality, and the Urban Poor in Russia, 1906-1916

by Ilya Gerasimov and Ilya V. Gerasimov

Deciphers typical social practices as a hidden language of communication in urban plebeian society

Covering the interrevolutionary decade of 1906-16 in imperial Russia, this book tells the story of the "silent majority" of urban inhabitants in four major cities: Vilna (today Vilnius, Lithuania), Odessa (in today's Ukraine), Kazan, and Nizhny Novgorod. Representatives of underprivileged social groups made up some ninety percent of city populations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580469051
• ISBN13: 9781580469050
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"