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Author: Lisa B W. Drummond ,
Douglas Young
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.90cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.600kg
ISBN: 9781442632837
ISBN 10: 1442632836
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 06 March 2020
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
What this volume does at its best is break the unifying banner of socialist modernity by uncovering how socialist and post-socialist modes of dwelling, planning, and governing unfold through everyday experiences, where deeply rooted codes rather than formal rules prevail. And it is exactly that balance between the global reach and at the same time local stories that one should be eager to discover when starting this exciting journey into socialist and post-socialist urbanisms. -- Vera Smirnova * <em>Journal of Eurasian Geography and Economics</em> * Socialist urban legacies are an integral and vital part of the modern world, without which it would look different. Furthermore, these legacies are still in effect and reveal their traces in various spheres, sometimes the most unexpected ones. The authors' efforts to analyse those influences 'from around the socialist world' (p. 3) is thus meaningful, timely, and promising. -- Mikhail Ilchenko * <i>Antipode</i> * This book contributes original research on socialist and post-socialist urbanisms, which is necessary for anyone who strives to understand how past decisions still and very much influence present production of space and of spatial imaginations, within either a socialist or post-socialist context. -- Oana-Ramona Ilovan, Babes-Bolyai University * <em>Connections: A Journal for Historians and Area Specialists</em> *
What this volume does at its best is break the unifying banner of socialist modernity by uncovering how socialist and post-socialist modes of dwelling, planning, and governing unfold through everyday experiences, where deeply rooted codes rather than formal rules prevail. And it is exactly that balance between the global reach and at the same time local stories that one should be eager to discover when starting this exciting journey into socialist and post-socialist urbanisms. -- Vera Smirnova * <em>Journal of Eurasian Geography and Economics</em> *
Author Information
Lisa B.W. Drummond is an associate professor in the Urban Studies Program In the Department of Social Science at York University. Douglas Young is an associate professor in the Urban Studies Program in the Department of Social Science at York University.
