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Warsaw (Reaktion Books - Topographics)
David Crowley
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Description for Warsaw (Reaktion Books - Topographics)
Paperback. Part of the "Topographics" series, David Crowley's 'Warsaw' presents a cultural and architectural history of post-war Warsaw. Series: Topographics. Num Pages: 208 pages, 60 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; AM; HBJD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
Warsaw has an unenviable reputation in the minds of many: often invoked as the epitome of the brutal environment produced by Soviet aesthetics and planning, its name conjures up a grey, faceless world of tower blocks and Orwellian governmental buildings; its image perhaps more so than that of any other city in the former Soviet block inextricably tied to the fate of the Communist system. Warsaw appears to have been locked in the vice of history crushed by one totalitarian system, remade by another, only now being liberated by market forces. The history of this power play is only one ... Read more
Warsaw has an unenviable reputation in the minds of many: often invoked as the epitome of the brutal environment produced by Soviet aesthetics and planning, its name conjures up a grey, faceless world of tower blocks and Orwellian governmental buildings; its image perhaps more so than that of any other city in the former Soviet block inextricably tied to the fate of the Communist system. Warsaw appears to have been locked in the vice of history crushed by one totalitarian system, remade by another, only now being liberated by market forces. The history of this power play is only one ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Series
Topographics
Condition
New
Weight
415g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861891792
SKU
V9781861891792
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Ref
99-15
About David Crowley
David Crowley is Tutor in the History of Design at the Royal College of Art, London. He is the author of National Style and Nation-state: Design in Poland from the Vernacular Revival to the International Style (1992) and Socialism and Style: Material Culture in Post-war Eastern Europe (2000).
Reviews for Warsaw (Reaktion Books - Topographics)
with an admirable grasp of Polish history, essential to understanding this not immediately appealing city, David Crowley explains the complex background to the grey per-1989 environment and changes since. Architects' Journal The book is engaging, readable, and enjoyable. It made me feel as if I were being shown around Warsaw by a friend who was a long term resident. Geography ... Read more