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Warsaw / David Crowley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crowley, David, 1966-
- Series:
- Topographics.
- Topographics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--Poland--Warsaw--History--20th century.
- Architecture.
- Warsaw (Poland)--Description and travel.
- Warsaw (Poland).
- Warsaw (Poland)--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Warsaw (Poland)--Civilization--20th century.
- Warsaw (Poland)--Intellectual life--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (210 p.)
- Scale varies.
- Cartographic Data:
- Scale varies.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Reaktion, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- Monuments in ruins
- Shops and markets
- At home in the city
- Conclusion : whither public space?
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786612271236
- 9781282271234
- 1282271237
- 9781861894656
- 1861894651
- OCLC:
- 437236605
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