Cities after the fall of communism : reshaping cultural landscapes and European identity / edited by John Czaplicka, Nida Gelazis, and Blair A. Ruble.
Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2009.
©2009
x, 368 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
"Cities after the Fall of Communism traces the cultural reorientation of East European cities since 1989. Analyzing the architecture, commemorative practices, and urban planning ofcities such as Lviv, Vilnius, and Odessa, the contributors to this volume show how history may be selectively re-imagined in light of present political and cultural realities. These essays demonstrate that while East European cities gravitate nostalgically toward Habsburg, Baltic, Imperial Russian, and Germanic pasts, they are also embracing new urban identities grounded in ethnic-national, European, Western, and global contexts. Ultimately, the editors argue that one can see a "New Europe" taking shape in these cities, in which a strained discourse between different versions of the past and variously envisioned futures is being set in stone, steel, and glass."--Jacket.
9780801891915 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0801891914 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780801873850
0801873851
Cities and towns Europe, Eastern.
Post-communism Europe, Eastern.
Architecture Europe, Eastern.
City planning Europe, Eastern.
Villes Europe de l'Est.
Postcommunisme Europe de l'Est.
Architecture.
Cities and towns.
City planning.
Post-communism.
Stadsvernieuwing.
Stadsplanning.
Culturele identiteit.
Städer Östeuropa.
Postkommunism Östeuropa.
Arkitektur Östeuropa.
Stadsplanering Östeuropa.
Eastern Europe.
Oost-Europa.
Rusland.
Baltische landen.
Czaplicka, John.
Gelazis, Nida M.
Ruble, Blair A., 1949-
Location: Library main 261236
Call No.: BIB 192249
Status: Available
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