Summerfolk: A History of the Dacha, 1710-2000
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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
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