Order in the Streets
The Political History of Warsaws Public Space in the First Half of the 19th Century
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Order in the Streets
The Political History of Warsaws Public Space in the First Half of the 19th Century
About This Book
The book offers a wide perspective on the history of the capital of the Kingdom of Poland. The Kingdom was a small part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which passed under the rule of the Russian Tsars. The book presents the life of the streets, squares and parks, special events, the changing infrastructure and the rise of consumerism. It describes how Warsaw became a monumental capital in a short period of 1815?1830. The main plot of the book is the political dimension of the space: publicly expressed sympathies and aversions towards politicians, rising control and Russification, acts of loyalty and anti-Russian demonstrations to regain hegemony in the early 1860s. The author reflects on the question if the modern definitions of the public space can be applied to a historic city.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Copyright information
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Definitions and Theories of Public Space
- 2 A History of Urban Public Space in the West
- 3 Factors Affecting the Existence of Public Space in the Kingdom of Poland after 1815
- 4 New Public Spaces in Warsaw 1815â1830
- 5 Warsawâs Public Space during the Time of Viceroy Paskevich
- Afterword
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- List of Illustrations
- Index of Names