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Vienna : bridge between cultures
- Title
- Vienna : bridge between cultures / Elisabeth Lichtenberger ; translated by Dietlinde Mühlgassner and Craig Reisser.
- Author
- Lichtenberger, Elisabeth
- Publication
- London ; New York : Belhaven Press ; New York : Co-published in the Americas by Halsted Press, 1993.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HT169.A92 V543 1993 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xv, 212 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "The World Cities series offers up-to-date, authoritative and challenging profiles of the world's main urban centres. Each book blends urban history, sociology, ecology, economics, politics, transport, architecture and built environment into a fascinating portrayal of the contemporary urban scene. Over thirty titles are in preparation, each written by acknowledged experts, covering cities in the developed, developing and former and present socialist worlds." "Professor Lichtenberger is the doyenne of researchers into the geography of the Austrian capital. Her new study of Vienna moves from the glorious heritage of architecture and urban form of the imperial past to the contemporary problems of industrial and economic change, transport problems and planning challenges for social issues. She begins by placing Vienna in the context of European urban development which sets the scene for a tour de force analysis of the historical evolution of Vienna to its emergence as a 'classical' world city of around 1900. The twentieth century has witnessed enormous changes in the city's function, roles and status, and the political turmoil of the world wars has left tangible and lasting marks on the cityscape. The book concludes with a consideration of Vienna's future as a bridge between the new Europe of East and West."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- World cities series
- Uniform Title
- World cities series.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The Position of Vienna in European Urban Development -- The Classical World City -- The Crises of the Interwar Period 1918-1938 -- The City of Municipal Socialism -- Vienna in Paneurope.
- ISBN
- 1852930667
- 9781852930660
- 0470220082
- 9780470220085
- LCCN
- 93007361
- OCLC
- ocm27770904
- 27770904
- SCSB-1988343
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library