Open AccessTHE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITIES OF THE TOBOLSK PROVINCE IN THE LAST QUARTER OF THE XVIII – EARLY XX CENTURIES (HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE PROBLEM)
Author(s) -
Igor S. Tomilov
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
vestnik kemerovskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2078-8983
pISSN - 2078-8975
DOI - 10.21603/2078-8975-2018-2-68-76
Subject(s) - historiography , quarter (canadian coin) , subject (documents) , urban history , government (linguistics) , scope (computer science) , history , social science , phenomenon , limiting , everyday life , historical method , social history (medicine) , sociology , political science , epistemology , law , archaeology , library science , engineering , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , computer science , programming language , medicine , surgery
The study reviews scientific literature concerning the cities of the Tobolsk province in the late XVIII – early XX centuries. The article features the works of scientists, published in the pre-revolutionary period and affecting different sides of the subject in question. The results of the research indicate that before 1917 the scientific works were mainly concentrated on such aspects of urban life as demography, trade, administration, urban space, education, local government, and periodicals. The authors did not distinguish the concept of «social life» as a separate phenomenon, limiting the study of its individual components. The methodology includes the use of techniques and tools of local, systemic, comparative- historical, and problem-chronological methods, as well as developments «history of everyday life» and «new Imperial history». In general, the article emphasizes the expansion of scientific knowledge about the social history of Siberian cities in the post- reform and late Imperial periods, reveals the influence of the researchers ' views on the integration of urban life. The scope of the study is not limited to the interest of historians, urbanists and local historians to the subject of study. Historiographical analysis is relevant from the point of view of modern discussions about the prospects of urban studies, and can also be used in the preparation of textbooks and summaries on Siberian history.