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UNINA9910782303703321 |
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Autore |
Crowley David <1966-> |
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Titolo |
Warsaw [[electronic resource] /] / David Crowley |
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ISBN |
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1-282-27123-7 |
9786612271236 |
1-86189-465-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (210 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Architecture - Poland - Warsaw - History - 20th century |
Warsaw (Poland) Description and travel |
Warsaw (Poland) Social life and customs 20th century |
Warsaw (Poland) Civilization 20th century |
Warsaw (Poland) Intellectual life 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Monuments in ruins -- Shops and markets -- At home in the city -- Conclusion : whither public space? |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Warsaw has an unenviable reputation in the minds of many: often invoked as the epitome of the brutal environment produced by Soviet aesthetics and planning, its name conjures up a grey, faceless world of tower blocks and Orwellian governmental buildings; its image - perhaps more so than that of any other city in the former Soviet block - inextricably tied to the fate of the Communist system. Warsaw appears to have been locked in the vice of history - crushed by one totalitarian system, remade by another, only now being liberated by market forces. The history of this power play is only one of |
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