Kohlrausch / Behrends Races to Modernity

Metropolitan Aspirations in Eastern Europe, 1890–1940
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-963-386-036-6
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press
Format: PDF
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The comparative presentation of the birth of metropolises like St. Petersburg, Helsinki, Kiev, Belgrade, or Athens confirms the importance of the Western model as well as the influence of international experts on city planning at the periphery of Europe. In addition, this volume presents an alternative perspective that aims to understand the genesis of Eastern European cities with a metropolitan character or metropolitan aspirations as a process sui generis. The rapid expansion of metropolitan cities such as London and Paris began in the 17th and 18th centuries. Large parts of Central and Eastern Europe underwent urbanization and industrialization with considerable delay. Nevertheless beginning in the second half of the 19th century, the towns in the Romanov and Habsburg empires, as well as in the Balkans grew into cities and metropolitan areas. They changed at an astonishing pace. This transformation has long been interpreted as an attempt to overcome the economic and cultural backwardness of the region and to catch up to Western Europe.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kohlrausch, Martin

Behrends, Jan C.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of maps List of tables List of figures List of plates 1. Introduction Jan C. Behrends and Martin Kohlrausch Races to Modernity: Metropolitan Aspirations in Eastern Europe, 1890–1940. An Introduction 2. The Social and the National Question in the Eastern Metropolis Mark D. Steinberg Modernity as Mask: Reality, Appearance, and Knowledge on the Petersburg Street Faith Hillis Modernist Visions and Mass Politics in Late Imperial Kiev Theodore R. Weeks Creating Polish Wilno, 1919–1939 Jan C. Behrends Modern Moscow: Russia’s Metropolis and the State from Tsarism to Stalinism 3. Urbanism Goes East: the Development of Capitals, Infrastructure, and Planning Eleni Bastéa Athens, 1890–1940: Transitory Modernism and National Realities Dubravka Stojanovic Between Rivalry, Irrationality, and Resistance: The Modernization of Belgrade, 1890–1914 Elitza Stanoeva Architectural Praxis in Sofia: The Changing Perception of Oriental Urbanity and European Urbanism, 1879–1940 Martin Kohlrausch Warszawa Funkcjonalna: Radical Urbanism and the International Discourse on Planning in the Interwar Period 4. Ostmoderne? East European Modernism Steven A. Mansbach Capital Modernism in the Baltic Republics: Kaunas, Tallinn, and Riga Laura Kolbe Imperial and National Helsinki: Shaping an Eastern or Western Capital City? Eve Blau Modernizing Zagreb: The Freedom of the Periphery 5. Bibliography 6. List of Contributors 7. Index

Über Autor(innen)

Behrends, Jan C.
Jan C. Behrends, Centre for Contemporary History (ZZF), Potsdam, teaches East European History at Humboldt University, Berlin.

Behrends Jan C.:

Jan C. Behrends, Centre for Contemporary History (ZZF), Potsdam, teaches East European History at Humboldt University, Berlin. Kohlrausch Martin:

Martin Kohlrausch is Associate Professor of European History, KU Leuven, Belgium.