Description
Book SynopsisImperial Urbanism in the Borderlands is the first work to approach the history of Kyiv from an interdisciplinary perspective and showcases Kyiv's rightful place as a city worthy of attention from historians, urbanists, and literary scholars.
Trade Review"Bilenky’s history of Kyiv is probing, timely, and heady." -- Steven Seegal, University of Northern Colorado * Slavic Review, vol 78 no 2 *
"This detailed and thoroughly studied examination of Kyiv’s urbanism addresses an important gap in the contemporary scholarship on Ukraine’s modern history. Thanks to its methodological approach and comparative references, Kyiv’s modernism is set into a wider perspective of Europe’s urban development." -- Olena Palko, University of London *
European History Quarterly *
"This well-researched monograph is an excellent starting point for all further work and will be of great interest to both specialists and the general public alike." -- Fabian Baumann, University of Basel *
East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies"Bilenky creates his detailed image of the city thanks to painstaking study of a multitude of published and unpublished sources. His archival research sheds light on various aspects, especially municipal administration, urban planning, the social structure, and the real estate market. The result is enjoyable reading that adds substantively to our knowledge of Kyiv and Ukrainian society in the nineteenth century." -- Johannes Remy, University of Helsinki *
Harvard Ukrainian Studies Journal *
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables Acknowledgements Maps Introduction Part I Representing the City Chapter 1 Mapping the city in transition Chapter 2 Using the past: The great cemetery of Rus' Part II Making the City Chapter 3 Municipal autonomy under the Magdeburg Law, 1800-1835 Chapter 4 Planning a new city: empire transforms space, 1835-1870 Chapter 5 Municipal autonomy reloaded: space for sale, 1871-1905 Part III Peopling the City Chapter 6 Counting Kyivites: the language of class, religion, and ethnicity Chapter 7 Municipal elites and "urban regimes": continuities and disruptions Part IV Living (in) the City Chapter 8 Sociospatial form and psychogeography Chapter 9 What language did the monuments speak? Conclusion: Towards a Theory of Imperial Urbanism in the Borderlands Notes Bibliography 560 Index
