Becoming metropolitan
Subtitle: urban selfhood and the making of modern Cracow
By: Nathaniel D. Wood
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: DeKalb
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780875804224
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: unlikely metropolis; title: Cracow around 1900 : people, place, and prospects; title: The interurban matrix : local news and international sensations in Cracow's popular press; title: "We'll make ourselves into Europe" : the "Greater Cracow" survey series, 1903-1904; title: Municipal, national, and European aspirations : the creation of "Wielki Kraków," 1904-1915; title: Planes, trams, and automobiles : the dangers and allure of modern technology; title: "Big-city muck" : images of the "great city" in the "gutter press"; title: Becoming metropolitan; title: Epilogue.