Capital Cities in the Aftermath of Empires
Planning in Central and Southeastern Europe
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Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-45943-3
- Binding: Hardback
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 27th November 2009
- Pages: 296
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About the Book
This is the first book to explore the urban and planning history of cities across Central and South-eastern Europe against a background of rising nationalism. Introductory chapters outline the political history of the area, how the developments in the different countries were interconnected and how the capital cities of each independent country or growing national movement were linked to these developments. Fourteen studies of individual cities describes their planning, urban design and architecture.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Shaping Central and Southeastern European Capital Cities in the Age of Nationalism Part 1: South-Eastern European Capitals after the Ottoman Empire 2. Athens 3. Belgrade 4. Bucharest 5. Cetinje 6. Sofia 7. Tirana 8. Ankara Part 2: Central European Capitals within and after the Hapsburg Empire 9. Budapest 10. Prague 11. Bratislava 12. Cracow and Warsaw 13. Zagreb 14. Ljubljana 15. Sarajevo 16. Conclusion: Not Just the National: Modernity and the Myth of Europe in the Capital Cities of Central and Southeastern Europe
About the Author(s)
Emily Gunzburger Makaš is Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Tanja Damljanovic Conley is Advisor and Visiting Associate Professor in the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Belgrade.