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Order in the Streets

The Political History of Warsaw’s Public Space in the First Half of the 19th Century

Aleksander Łupienko author Jarek Garliński translator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Peter Lang AG

Published:23rd Mar '20

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The book offers a wide perspective on the history of the capital of the Kingdom of Poland. The Kingdom was a small part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which passed under the rule of the Russian Tsars. The book presents the life of the streets, squares and parks, special events, the changing infrastructure and the rise of consumerism. It describes how Warsaw became a monumental capital in a short period of 1815‒1830. The main plot of the book is the political dimension of the space: publicly expressed sympathies and aversions towards politicians, rising control and Russification, acts of loyalty and anti-Russian demonstrations to regain hegemony in the early 1860s. The author reflects on the question if the modern definitions of the public space can be applied to a historic city.

ISBN: 9783631800706

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 424g

272 pages

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