Urban Communities and Memories in East-Central Europe in the Modern Age (Poland: Transnational Histories)
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- Synopsis
- This edited volume studies the logic of community formation and the common view of the past to show how various social bonds of communities functioned during the modern national era of East-Central Europe from the late eighteenth century until today and how multifaceted this group-building really was.Through an overview of selected examples of communities in East-Central European urban centres, mainly the territories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and its successor empires, the volume shows the potential of re-interpretation or adaptation of the past as a crucial tool for assuring social cohesion and for strengthening the image of group boundaries. It studies not only textual sources but also the cultural construction of local historical writings such as oral tradition and municipal publications, as well as symbolic objects such as epitaphs, plaques, monuments and public edifices. The contributors explore the actual creativity employed by these communities to envision their past and their future in homage to the ideals of centralised nationalism or regionalism and how these strongly ethnically marked historic spaces can be interpreted, celebrated or neglected.This book will be of interest to scholars and students of regional urban history and cultural diversities, memory cultures and community formation.
- Copyright:
- 2025
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781040111055
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781032703176, 9781040111048, 9781032703206
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 08/07/24
- Copyrighted By:
- selection and editorial matter, Aleksander Łupienko individual chapters, the contributors, The right of Aleksander Łupienko to be identified as the author of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in acc
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Aleksander Łupienko