The odd man Karakozov
Subtitle: Imperial Russia, modernity, and the birth of terrorism
By: Claudia Verhoeven.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780801446528
Subjects: Karakozov, Dmitrīĭ Vladimīrovich, -- 1840-1866; Alexander -- II, -- Emperor of Russia, -- 1818-1881 -- Assassination attempt, 1866; Terrorism -- Russia -- History -- 19th century; Political violence -- Russia -- History -- 19th century; Russia -- History -- Alexander II, 1855-1881
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From the files of the Karakozov case : the virtual birth of terrorism; title: The real Rakhmetov : the image of the revolutionary after Karakozov; title: "A life for the Tsar" : tsaricide in the age of mechanical reproduction; title: Raskolnikov, Karakozov, and the etiology of a "new word"; title: Armiak, or, "So many things in an overcoat!"; title: "Factual propaganda," an autopsy, or, The morbid origins of April 4, 1866; title: The head of the tsaricide; title: Conclusion : the point of April 4, 1866.