5 options
Kiev : a portrait, 1800-1917 / Michael F. Hamm.
Table of contents Available online
View onlineTable of contents Available online
View onlineLibrary at the Katz Center - Stacks DK508.935 .H36 1993
Available
LIBRA DK503.935 .H36 1993
Available from offsite location
LIBRA - Special DK508.935 .H36 1993
Available in person
Request an item
Access options
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hamm, Michael F.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kyïv (Ukraine)--History.
- Kyïv (Ukraine).
- Ukraine--Kyïv.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1993]
- Summary:
- In a fascinating "urban biography", Hamm tells the story of one of Europe's most diverse cities and its distinctive mix of Ukrainian, Polish, Russian, and Jewish inhabitants. The first historian to analyze how each of Kiev's ethnic groups contributed to the vitality of the city's culture, Hamm also examines the violent conflicts that developed among them. 24 halftones. Map.
- Contents:
- Ch. I. The Early History of Kiev
- Ch. II. The Growth of Metropolitan Kiev
- Ch. III. Polish Kiev
- Ch. IV. Ukrainians in Russian Kiev
- Ch. V. Jewish Kiev
- Ch. VI. Recreation, the Arts, and Popular Culture in Kiev
- Ch. VII. The Promise of Change: Kiev in 1905
- Ch. VIII. The Promise Shattered: The October Pogrom
- Ch. IX. The Final Years of Romanov Kiev.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-286) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 069103253X
- 9780691032535
- OCLC:
- 27430390
- Online:
- Publisher description
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.