Testimonies of the city
Subtitle: identity, community and change in a contemporary urban world
By: edited by Richard Rodger and Joanna Herbert.
Contributors: Rodger, Richard.; Herbert, Joanna.
Series: Historical urban studies series; Historical urban studies
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Aldershot, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780754655602
Subjects: Cities and towns -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.; Social change -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.; Sociology, Urban -- Europe.; Oral history -- Europe.; Social history -- 20th century.; Europe -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Frameworks : testimony, representation and interpretation / Joanna Herbert and Richard Rodger; title: Narratives from the urban workplace : oral testimonies and the reconstruction of men's work in the heavy industries of Glasgow / Ronnie Johnston and Arthur McIvor; title: The cultural identity of semi-skilled women workers in socialist Hungary / Eszter Zsófia Tóth; title: Myths of the great-tree-gang : constructing urban spaces and youth culture in 'socialist' Budapest / Sándor Horváth; title: Meanings of the city : Zagreb's new housing communities since the 1950s / Valentina Gulin Zrnić; title: Unfolding urban memories and ethnic identities : narratives of ethnic diversity in Limburg, Belgium / Leen Beyers; title: Rhythms, rituals and routines in inter-war Paris : a sensitive experience of urban history / Caroline Varlet; title: Understanding the urban past : the transformation of Bucharest in the late socialist period / Maria Raluca Popa; title: Resurrecting narratives : revitalization, ruins and modern cemeteries in the Brás District, São Paulo City since 1970 / Verônica Sales Pereira; title: Uncommon threads : oral history, historical narrative, and public art in Los Angeles / Ruth Wallach; title: Migrant voices in the contemporary history of Vienna : the case of ex-Yugoslavs / Wladimir Fischer; title: Negotiating boundaries and the cross-cultural oral history interview / Joanna Herbert.