Hooliganism: Crime, Culture, and Power in St. Petersburg, 1900-1914

Hooliganism: Crime, Culture, and Power in St. Petersburg, 1900-1914
ISBN-10
0520913078
ISBN-13
9780520913073
Category
History
Pages
324
Language
English
Published
1993-07-19
Publisher
Univ of California Press
Author
Joan Neuberger

Description

In this pioneering analysis of diffuse underclass anger that simmers in many societies, Joan Neuberger takes us to the streets of St. Petersburg in 1900-1914 to show us how the phenomenon labeled hooliganism came to symbolize all that was wrong with the modern city: increasing hostility between classes, society's failure to "civilize" the poor, the desperation of the destitute, and the proliferation of violence in public spaces.

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