Interurban Knowledge Exchange in Southern and Eastern Europe, 1870-1950 (Hardcover)

Around 1900 cities in Southern and Eastern Europe were persistently labeled "backward" and "delayed." Allegedly, they had no alternative but to follow the role model of the metropolises, of London, Paris or Vienna. This edited volume fundamentally questions this assumption. It shows that cities as diverse as Barcelona, Berdyansk, Budapest, Lviv, Milan, Moscow, Prague, Warsaw and Zagreb pursued their own agendas of modernization. In order to solve their pressing problems with respect to urban planning and public health, they searched for best practices abroad. The solutions they gleaned from other cities were eclectic to fit the specific needs of a given urban space and were thus often innovative. This applied urban knowledge was generated through interurban networks and multi-directional exchanges. Yet in the period around 1900, this transnational municipalism often clashed with the forging of urban and national identities, highlighting the tensions between the universal and the local. This interurban perspective helps to overcome nationalist perspectives in historiography as well as outdated notions of "center and periphery." This volume will appeal to scholars from a large number of disciplines, including urban historians, historians of Eastern and Southern Europe, historians of science and medicine, and scholars interested in transnational connections.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Advances in Urban History
Release date:	October 2020
First published:	2021
Editors:	Eszter Gantner • Heidi Hein-Kircher • Oliver Hochadel
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	318
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-33329-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-367-33329-5
Barcode:	9780367333294

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