Summerfolk: A History of the Dacha, 1710-2000

by Stephen Lovell

Book Overview

The dacha is a sometimes beloved, sometimes scorned Russian dwelling. Alexander Pushkin summered in one; Joseph Stalin lived in one for the last twenty years of his life; and contemporary Russian families still escape the city to spend time in them. Stephen Lovell's generously illustrated book is the first social and cultural history of the dacha. Lovell traces the dwelling's origins as a villa for the court elite in the early eighteenth century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801440718
• ISBN13: 9780801440717
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher