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Product Identifiers

PublisherReaktion Books, The Limited

ISBN-101861891792

ISBN-139781861891792

eBay Product ID (ePID)30265918

Product Key Features

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameWarsaw

Publication Year2004

SubjectEurope / Eastern, General, Regional, Customs & Traditions, Europe / Poland

TypeTextbook

AuthorDavid Crowley

Subject AreaTravel, Architecture, Social Science, History

SeriesTopographics Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight14.7 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

ReviewsThe book is engaging, readable, and enjoyable. It made me feel as if I were being shown around Warsaw by a friend who was a long term resident., with an admirable grasp of Polish history, essential to understanding this not immediately appealing city, David Crowley explains the complex background to the grey per-1989 environment and changes since.

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal943.8/4/09045

Table Of ContentIntroduction I. Monuments in Ruins II. Shops and Markets III. At Home in the City Conclusion: Whither Public Space? References Acknowledgements Photographic Acknowledgements

SynopsisWarsaw 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 the stories that can be told about the life and environment of Warsaw; however, to those who live there or know the city well, Warsaw can be an exciting and stimulating place. Avoiding the predictable pathways of conventional architectural and urban history writing, David Crowley reveals Warsaw s visual and urban cultural history through narrative and anecdote, telling stories of the everyday, albeit in extraordinary circumstances. Warsaw examines the ways in which the fabric of the city has been shaped by Communist ideology since the late 1940s, and shows how the city has been spectacularly transformed since the introduction of a market economy in 1989. It also reflects on the ways in which the citizens of Warsaw use and enrich their living areas and the city they inhabit. In Warsaw, the past runs deep, and buildings are marked by myths and curses. David Crowley acts as our guide through this scarred yet uplifting terrain.", The first comprehensive architectural and cultural history of post-war Warsaw available in the West. In Warsaw, the past runs deep, and buildings are marked by myths and curses. In this title, author David Crowley acts as our guide through this scarred yet uplifting terrain., 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 the stories that can be told about the life and environment of Warsaw; however, to those who live there or know the city well, Warsaw can be an exciting and stimulating place. Avoiding the predictable pathways of conventional architectural and urban history writing, David Crowley reveals Warsaw's visual and urban cultural history through narrative and anecdote, telling stories of the everyday, albeit in extraordinary circumstances. Warsaw examines the ways in which the fabric of the city has been shaped by Communist ideology since the late 1940s, and shows how the city has been spectacularly transformed since the introduction of a market economy in 1989. It also reflects on the ways in which the citizens of Warsaw use and enrich their living areas and the city they inhabit. In Warsaw, the past runs deep, and buildings are marked by myths and curses. David Crowley acts as our guide through this scarred yet uplifting terrain., Avoiding the predictable pathways of conventional architectural and urban history writing, David Crowley reveals Warsaw's visual and urban cultural history through narrative and anecdote, telling stories of the everyday, albeit in extraordinary circumstances. "Warsaw" examines the ways in which the fabric of the city has been shaped by Communist ideology since the late 1940s, and shows how the city has been spectacularly transformed since the introduction of a market economy in 1989. It also reflects on the ways in which the citizens of Warsaw use and enrich their living areas and the city they inhabit. In Warsaw, the past runs deep, and buildings are marked by myths and curses. David Crowley acts as our guide through this scarred yet uplifting terrain.

LC Classification NumberDK4622