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Record ID marc_loc_updates/v36.i12.records.utf8:12671075:1642
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 01642nam a22002778a 4500
001 2008010063
003 DLC
005 20080320185159.0
008 080320s2008 wiu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008010063
020 $a9780838641460 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $ae-ru---
050 00 $aDK565$b.M86 2008
082 00 $a947/.21$222
100 1 $aMunro, George E.
245 14 $aThe most intentional city :$bSt. Petersburg in the reign of Catherine The Great /$cGeorge E. Munro.
260 $aFairleigh Dickinson University Press :$bMadison,$c2008.
263 $a0810
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a"I found Petersburg virtually wooden . . ." : St. Petersburg in 1762 -- "'Tis pleasant there to dwell for each and all. . . ." : population and society -- "Such beneficial ordinances" : the structure of urban administration -- "Incessant labor and solicitude" : city administration in practice -- "All sorts of commodities in the world" : sustaining the city's needs and wants -- "The empire's most principal emporium" : commerce -- "Diligence and the means of livelihood" : industry -- "And I shall leave Petersburg dressed in marble" : St. Petersburg in 1796 -- "Its name . . . not one of ours" : the impact of St. Petersburg -- Conclusion : a most intentional city.
651 0 $aSaint Petersburg (Russia)$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aCity planning$zRussia (Federation)$zSaint Petersburg$xHistory$y18th century.
600 00 $aCatherine$bII,$cEmpress of Russia,$d1729-1796.
651 0 $aSaint Petersburg (Russia)$xSocial conditions$y18th century.