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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Dr Abigail Karas (University of St Andrews, UK)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.620kg ISBN: 9781350512856ISBN 10: 1350512850 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 11 June 2026 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on the Text Map of St Petersburg Exploring the Rooftops Chapter 1. St Petersburg’s Panorama: from Pushkin to Pantsir Chapter 2. Rooftop Exploration: From the Aristocracy to Aristokrat Chapter 3. Roofing as Spatial Critique: Reclaiming Space, Resisting Control Chapter 4: Russia’s Risk Society: From the Sublime to Azart Chapter 5: The Roofer-Explorer: Masculinity and Mastery over the Built Environment On Top of the City Bibliography IndexReviewsThe book contributes perspectives on St Petersburg that has not be covered in depth before, and the interpretations of the roofers, the roofs, and in extension larger portions of Russian culture, are convincing and well argued. Urban cultural geography at its best! * Thomas Borén, Stockholm University, Sweden * Author InformationAbigail Karas is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of St Andrews, UK. An anthropologist and historian of the built environment, with a particular interest in (post-)Soviet cityscapes, she holds a DPhil in Russian from the University of Oxford. She previously taught at the University of Nottingham, at Liverpool John Moores University and at University College London, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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