Iron Curtains has been awarded Honorable Mention for the 2013 ASEEES
Harvard Davis Center Book Prize! The prize is sponsored by Harvard
University's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and is
awarded annually by the Association for Slavic, East European, and
Eurasian Studies, for an outstanding monograph published on Russia,
Eurasia, or Eastern Europe in anthropology, political science,
sociology, or geography.
Utilizing research conducted primarily with residents of Sofia,
Bulgaria, Iron Curtains: Gates, Suburbs, and Privatization of Space in
the Post-socialist City explores the human dimension of new
city-building that has emerged in East Europe.
- Features original data, illustrations, and theory on the process of
privatization of resources in societies undergoing fundamental
socio-economic transformations, such as those in Eastern Europe
- Represents the sole in-depth monograph on contemporary urbanism in
Southeast Europe
- Makes a broader statement on issues of urbanism in Europe and other
parts of the world while highlighting the complex connections between
cultures and cities