Bulgarian urban culture in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
By: Raina Gavrilova.
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Cranbury, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Urbanization -- Bulgaria.; City and town life -- Bulgaria.; Renaissance -- Bulgaria.; Enlightenment -- Bulgaria.; Bulgaria -- History -- 1762-1878.; Bulgaria -- History -- 1878-1944.; Bulgaria -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.; Bulgaria -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
Description: The fascinating process of transition from tradition to modernity in Bulgaria during the so-called National Revival Period took place primarily on the urban scene. This book argues the hypothesis that there was a distinct phenomenon - Balkan, respectively Bulgarian, urban culture - that is instrumental in understanding the process of modernization.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-254) and index.