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UNINA9910786768003321 |
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Races to modernity : metropolitan aspirations in Eastern Europe, 1890-1940 / / edited by Jan C. Behrends and Martin Kohlrausch |
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Budapest, Hungary ; ; New York, New York : , : Central European University Press, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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Cities and towns - Europe, Eastern - Growth - History - 19th century |
Cities and towns - Europe, Eastern - Growth - History - 20th century |
Social change - Europe, Eastern - History |
City planning - Europe, Eastern - History |
City and town life - Europe, Eastern - History |
Capitals (Cities) - Europe, Eastern - History |
Europe, Eastern Social conditions 19th century |
Europe, Eastern Social conditions 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-344) and index. |
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1. Introduction -- Races to modernity : metropolitan aspirations in Eastern Europe, 1890-1940 : an introduction / Jan C. Behrends, Martin Kohlrausch -- 2. The social and the national question in the Eastern metropolis -- Modernity as mask : reality, appearance, and knowledge on the Petersburg street / Mark D. Steinberg -- Modernist visions and mass politics in late imperial Kiev / Faith Hillis -- Creating Polish Wilno, 1919-1939 / Theodore R. Weeks -- Modern Moscow : Russia's metropolis and the state from Tsarism to Stalinism / Jan C. Behrends -- 3. Urbanism goes East : the development of capitals, infrastructure, and planning -- Athens, 1890-1940 : transitory modernism and national realities / Eleni Bastea -- Between rivalry, irrationality, and resistance : the modernization of Belgrade, 1890-1914 / Dubravka Stojanovic -- Architectural praxis in Sofia : the changing perception of "Oriental" urbanity and "European" urbanism (1879-1940) / Elitza Stanoeva -- |
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Warszawa funkcjonalna : radical urbanism and the international discourse on planning in the interwar period / Martin Kohlrausch -- 4. Ostmoderne? East European modernism -- Capital modernism in the Baltic Republics : Kaunas, as well as Tallinn and Riga / Steven A. Mansbach -- Helsinki : shaping an imperial or national capital city? / Laura Kolbe -- Modernizing Zagreb : the freedom of the periphery / Eve Blau. |
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"The book asks how far the model of the European City can be applied to the cities of Eastern Europe which massively expanded from the second half of the 19th century on but often lacked some of the fundamentals of the European urbanity in the Weberian sense. The authors employ a broad focus and look at metropolitan cities between Helsinki and Athens, Warsaw and Moscow. The period under investigation begins with the 1890s when East European societies entered an 'age of great acceleration' and stops with the outbreak of World War II which not only destroyed but also socially and ethnically altered many metropolitan cities of Eastern Europe. While before the First World War most of Eastern Europe was subsumed in the Habsburg, Romanov, and Ottoman empires, new (nation-) states and socialist ideologies shaped post-1918 urban development. For the majority of the new capitals created by the post-war order the state remained the main proponent of change. Both, historical preconditions--the economic situation, the legacy of the empires--and the experience of the upheaval of 1917/18 contributed to this particularity of the region. On the other hand Western Europe and her urban experts continued to be and became even stronger points of reference. The volume discusses the peculiar relationship between state, city and the challenges of modernity in the Eastern Europe with a focus on urban planning in the wider sense of the word. In particular, the different chapters of the book ask how far--given the omnipresent, albeit often idealized example of Western metropolitan cities--a 'reflective modernization' may be identified as a common marker of cities in the region under observation"--Provided by publisher. |
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UNINA9910818553203321 |
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Autore |
Schlögel Karl |
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In space we read time : on the history of civilization and geopolitics / / Karl Schlögel ; translated by Gerrit Jackson |
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New York, [New York] : , : Bard Graduate Center, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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1 online resource (521 pages) : illustrations |
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Cultural Histories of the Material World |
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Civilization, Modern - History |
Geopolitics - History |
Geography - History |
Space and time |
History - Philosophy |
Historiography - Philosophy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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"History is usually thought of as a tale of time, a string of events flowing in a particular chronological order. But as Karl Schlogel shows in this groundbreaking book, the where of history is just as important as the when. Schlogel relishes space the way a writer relishes a good story: on a quest for a type of history that takes full account of place, he explores everything from landscapes to cities, maps to railway timetables. Do you know the origin of the name 'Everest'? What can the layout of towns tell us about the American Dream? In Space We Read Time reveals this and much, much more. Here is both a model for thinking about history within physical space and a stimulating history of thought about space, as Schlogel reads historical periods and events within the context of their geographical location. Discussions range from the history of geography in France to what a town directory from 1930s Berlin can say about professional trades that have since disappeared. He takes a special interest in maps, which can serve many purposes--one poignant example being the German Jewish |
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community's 1938 atlas of emigration, which showed the few remaining possibilities for escape. Other topics include Thomas Jefferson's map of the United States; the British survey of India; and the multiple cartographers with Woodrow Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference, where the aim was to redraw Europe's boundaries on the basis of ethnicity. Moving deftly from the Austro-Hungarian Empire to 9/11 and from Vermeer's paintings to the fall of the Berlin wall, this intriguing book presents history from a completely new perspective"-- |
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