Agata Zysiak

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From Cotton and Smoke: Lódź - Industrial City and Discourses of Asynchronous Modernity, 1897-1994Paperback, 21 May 2019

From Cotton and Smoke: Lódź - Industrial City and Discourses of Asynchronous Modernity, 1897-1994
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Print Length
318 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Jagiellonian University Press
Date Published
21 May 2019
ISBN-10
8323344884
ISBN-13
9788323344889

Description

This book considers Lódź as the capital of the Polish nineteenth century, and the history of this former textile hub, which now finds itself in central Poland, as one of struggle with modern change in Eastern Europe. The authors boldly challenge the romantic and noble-based Polish cultural imaginary, offering instead a revolutionary path to understanding confrontation with modernity in the region.

The book examines local press debates during four pivotal periods, each of which stimulated self-reflection on the idea of the modern city:

Rapid industrial growth in the tsarist borderlands;

State crafting after WWI;

Socialist restructuring after 1945;

Transition and deindustrialization after 1989.

Together these insights constitute a multifaceted portrait of twentieth-century urban experience beyond the metropolis, in different historical contexts.

This innovative, interdisciplinary work deftly integrates urban and cultural history, historical sociology and discourse research. It will be of great value to Polish and Jewish studies specialists, as well as those in the field of Eastern European and Slavic studies. The book also addresses core intellectual debates within urban studies, modernity studies, and historical discourse analysis worldwide.

Product Details

Authors:
Agata ZysiakKamil ŚmiechowskiKamil PiskalaWiktor MarzecKaja KaźmierskaJacek Burski
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
21 May 2019
Dimensions:
23.88 x 16.76 x 1.52 cm
ISBN-10:
8323344884
ISBN-13:
9788323344889
Language:
English
Pages:
318
Weight:
498.95 gm

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