Urban Development In Eastern Europe: Bulgaria, Romania, And The U.S.S.R.
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First Edition Thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Chip to back of DJ, some yellowing. Yellowed pages.
A landmark work in the field of urban scholarship, Urban Development in Eastern Europe: Bulgaria, Romania, and the U.S.S.R. stands as Volume VIII of E. A. Gutkind's monumental International History of City Development series — a magisterial undertaking that chronicles the evolution of human settlement across the globe. This volume turns its authoritative gaze to three distinct yet interconnected Eastern European nations, presenting a rigorous comparative analysis of how Bulgaria, Romania, and the Soviet Union shaped their cities from ancient origins through the sweeping transformations of the twentieth century. Drawing on contributions from Peter Tashev and members of the Central Research and Design Institute for Building, Architecture, and Planning (ISCAS), as well as the State Committee for Building, Architecture, and Planning (CSCAS), the work assembles a rare coalition of Eastern and Western scholarly expertise, edited with precision by Gabriele Gutkind. Gutkind's analytical framework moves beyond mere architectural survey, situating urban form within the broader currents of political ideology, geography, and social organisation — illuminating how communist urban planning doctrine reshaped the ancient fabric of Sofia, Bucharest, and Moscow alike. The prose is measured and encyclopaedic, grounded in decades of comparative research that few scholars could rival, yet the cumulative portrait it paints of cities caught between historical memory and ideological reinvention is nothing short of fascinating. For students of urban history, architecture, Eastern European studies, or Cold War culture, this volume remains an indispensable — and increasingly rare — primary reference that rewards every page turned.
Author: E. A. Gutkind
Format: Hardback
Published: 1972, Free Press
Genre: European history
Edition: First Edition Thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Chip to back of DJ, some yellowing. Yellowed pages.
A landmark work in the field of urban scholarship, Urban Development in Eastern Europe: Bulgaria, Romania, and the U.S.S.R. stands as Volume VIII of E. A. Gutkind's monumental International History of City Development series — a magisterial undertaking that chronicles the evolution of human settlement across the globe. This volume turns its authoritative gaze to three distinct yet interconnected Eastern European nations, presenting a rigorous comparative analysis of how Bulgaria, Romania, and the Soviet Union shaped their cities from ancient origins through the sweeping transformations of the twentieth century. Drawing on contributions from Peter Tashev and members of the Central Research and Design Institute for Building, Architecture, and Planning (ISCAS), as well as the State Committee for Building, Architecture, and Planning (CSCAS), the work assembles a rare coalition of Eastern and Western scholarly expertise, edited with precision by Gabriele Gutkind. Gutkind's analytical framework moves beyond mere architectural survey, situating urban form within the broader currents of political ideology, geography, and social organisation — illuminating how communist urban planning doctrine reshaped the ancient fabric of Sofia, Bucharest, and Moscow alike. The prose is measured and encyclopaedic, grounded in decades of comparative research that few scholars could rival, yet the cumulative portrait it paints of cities caught between historical memory and ideological reinvention is nothing short of fascinating. For students of urban history, architecture, Eastern European studies, or Cold War culture, this volume remains an indispensable — and increasingly rare — primary reference that rewards every page turned.