{"product_id":"moscow-monumental-9780691202723","title":"Moscow Monumental","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An in-depth history of the Stalinist skyscraper\"--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Shortlisted for the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Shortlisted for the Best Book in Cultural Studies Prize, American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages\"\u003cbr\u003e\"One of Foreign Affairs' Best Books\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Honorable Mention for the Alexander Nove Prize, British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Impressive detail\"\u003cb\u003e---Anthony Paletta, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Zubovich has done stellar work in the city’s archives, uncovering a trove of letters and petitions from ordinary Soviet citizens. . . This is a book which delves into the very human tensions created by a society forced into transition, and the effects on a city undergoing a seismic political, cultural, and architectural change.\"\u003cb\u003e---Jennifer Eremeeva, \u003ci\u003eThe Moscow Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A superb, sweeping account of the realization of a magnificent group of skyscrapers. Grounded in meticulous archival research, and highly readable, it will appeal to specialists and general readers alike interested in topics as wide ranging as Soviet-US relations, architecture, intellectuals, and everyday life under Stalin.\"\u003cb\u003e---Christine Varga-Harris, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cp\u003eRussian and Soviet urban history has expanded and developed greatly in the last two decades by drawing attention to the built environment, lived experience, and aesthetic choices and meanings of buildings. In Katherine Zubovich’s \u003ci\u003eMoscow Monumental: Soviet Skyscrapers and Urban Life in Stalin’s Capital\u003c\/i\u003e we have an example of some of the best trends in recent years.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e---Karl Qualls, \u003ci\u003eRussian Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Drawing on extensive archival research, the book delineates an arc from early conceptualization of Moscow as the capital of Soviet Russia to infighting leading to the demise of monumentality as a dominant force in Soviet architecture during the 1950s. ... Recommended.\" * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"Well researched and lucidly written, \u003ci\u003eMoscow Monumental \u003c\/i\u003eis a welcome contribution to the field of urban history. It will be a good addition to the reading lists for university courses on Russian social and cultural his­tory. It will also be much appreciated by lovers of Russian history outside academe.\"\u003cb\u003e---Elena V. Baraban, \u003ci\u003eAb Imperio Quarterly ​​​​​​​\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A monumental story, pun intended. . . .Readers will find this highly refreshing.\"\u003cb\u003e---Heather D. DeHaan, \u003ci\u003eContemporary European History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Zubovich gives us what the archives (and page limits) allow: a rich and thoughtful story of the ambition and contradiction that characterized the Soviet effort to create a lived utopia.\"\u003cb\u003e---Diane P. Koenker, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Modern History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865545716055,"sku":"9780691202723","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691202723.jpg?v=1722274490","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/moscow-monumental-9780691202723","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}