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BL
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956952
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b711322
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Czepczyński, Mariusz.
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| Title & Author
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Cultural landscapes of post-socialist cities : : representation of powers and needs /\ Mariusz Czepczyński.
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| Publication Statement
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Aldershot, England ;Burlington, VT :: Ashgate,, ©2008.
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| Series Statement
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Re-materialising cultural geography
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1 online resource (viii, 209 pages) :: illustrations, maps.
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| ISBN
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075468900X
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0754670228
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9780754670223
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9780754689003
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-203) and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Boxes; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Geographical Studies of Cultural Landscape; 2 Representations of Memories and Powers: Discursive Historical Landscapes; 3 Landscaping Socialist Cities; 4 Post-communist Landscape Cleansing; 5 New Landscape Symbols of 'New Europe'; 6 Interpreting Landscapes in Transition; Bibliography; Index.
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| Abstract
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Since the velvet revolution of 1989, the totalitarian communist urbanscapes of central European cities have been 'cleansed' or 'recycled', bringing in new architectural, functional and social forms to transform how they look and how they are used. This book examines the culturally conditional variations between local powers and structures despite the similarities in the general processes and systems. It assesses whether these urbanscapes clearly reflect the social, cultural and political conditions and aspirations of these transitional countries and so a critical analysis of them provides impo.
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Human geography-- Europe.
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Landscape changes-- Europe.
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Post-communism-- Europe.
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Public spaces-- Europe.
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Urban geography-- Europe.
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Urban renewal-- Europe.
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Human geography.
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Landscape changes.
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Post-communism.
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Public spaces.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Human Geography.
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Urban geography.
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Urban renewal.
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Czechoslovakia, History, Velvet Revolution, 1989.
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Czechoslovakia.
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Europe.
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| Dewey Classification
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304.2094
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GF540.C94 2008eb
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