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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outdated notions of "center and periphery."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.
Securing Urban Heritage considers the impact of securitization on
access to urban heritage sites. Demonstrating that symbolic spaces
such as these have increasingly become the location of choice for
the practice and performance of contemporary politics in the last
decade, the book shows how this has led to the securitization of
urban public space. Highlighting specific changes that have been
made, such as the installation of closed-circuit television or the
limitation of access to certain streets, plazas and buildings, the
book analyses the impact of different approaches to securitization.
Claiming that access to heritage sites is a precursor to an
informed and thorough understanding of heritage, the editors and
contributors to this volume argue that new forms of securing urban
heritage, including community involvement and digitalization, offer
possibilities for the protection and use of urban heritage. Looking
more closely at the versatile relationship between access and
securitization in this context, the book provides a theoretical
framework for the relationship between urban heritage and
securitization. Comparing case studies from cities in Angola,
Bulgaria, Eritrea, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia,
Mexico, Norway, Russia, Suriname, Sweden, Turkey, UK, and the US,
the book reveals some of the key mechanisms that are used to
regulate access to heritage sites around the world. Providing
much-needed insight into the diverse challenges of securitization
for access and urban heritage, Securing Urban Heritage should be
essential reading for academics, students, and practitioners from
the fields of heritage and urban studies, architecture, art
history, conservation, urban planning, and urban geography.
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.
How was heritage understood and implemented in European socialist
states after World War II? By exploring national and regional
specificities within the broader context of internationalization,
this volume enriches the conceptual, methodological and empirical
scope of heritage studies through a series of fascinating case
studies. Its transnational approach highlights the socialist
world’s diverse interpretations of heritage and the ways in which
they have shaped the trajectories of present-day preservation
practices.
Securing Urban Heritage considers the impact of securitization on
access to urban heritage sites. Demonstrating that symbolic spaces
such as these have increasingly become the location of choice for
the practice and performance of contemporary politics in the last
decade, the book shows how this has led to the securitization of
urban public space. Highlighting specific changes that have been
made, such as the installation of closed-circuit television or the
limitation of access to certain streets, plazas and buildings, the
book analyses the impact of different approaches to securitization.
Claiming that access to heritage sites is a precursor to an
informed and thorough understanding of heritage, the editors and
contributors to this volume argue that new forms of securing urban
heritage, including community involvement and digitalization, offer
possibilities for the protection and use of urban heritage. Looking
more closely at the versatile relationship between access and
securitization in this context, the book provides a theoretical
framework for the relationship between urban heritage and
securitization. Comparing case studies from cities in Angola,
Bulgaria, Eritrea, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia,
Mexico, Norway, Russia, Suriname, Sweden, Turkey, UK, and the US,
the book reveals some of the key mechanisms that are used to
regulate access to heritage sites around the world. Providing
much-needed insight into the diverse challenges of securitization
for access and urban heritage, Securing Urban Heritage should be
essential reading for academics, students, and practitioners from
the fields of heritage and urban studies, architecture, art
history, conservation, urban planning, and urban geography.
How was heritage understood and implemented in European socialist
states after World War II? By exploring national and regional
specificities within the broader context of internationalization,
this volume enriches the conceptual, methodological and empirical
scope of heritage studies through a series of fascinating case
studies. Its transnational approach highlights the socialist
world's diverse interpretations of heritage and the ways in which
they have shaped the trajectories of present-day preservation
practices.
The Yearbook of Transnational History is dedicated to disseminating
pioneering research in the field of transnational history. This
third volume is dedicated to the transnational turn in urban
history. It brings together articles that investigate the
transnational and transatlantic exchanges of ideas and concepts for
urban planning, architecture, and technology that served to
modernize cities across East and Central Europe and the United
States. This collection includes studies about regionals fairs as
centers of knowledge transfer in Eastern Europe, about the transfer
of city planning among developing urban centers within the
Austro-Hungarian Empire, about the introduction of the Bauhaus into
American society, and about the movement for constructing paved
roads to connect cities on a global scale. The volume concludes
with a historiographical article that discusses the potential of
the transnational perspective to urban history. The articles in
this volume highlight the movement of ideas and practices across
various cultures and societies and explore the relations,
connections, and spaces created by these movements. The articles
show that modern cities across the European continent and North
America emerged from intensive exchanges of ideas for almost every
aspect of modern urban life.
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