Becoming metropolitan : urban selfhood and the making of modern Cracow /

Becoming metropolitan : urban selfhood and the making of modern Cracow /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wood, Nathaniel D.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, [2010]
Subjects:
City and town life > Poland > Kraków > History > 20th century.
Urbanization > Poland > Kraków > History > 20th century.
Journalism > Social aspects > Poland > Kraków > History > 20th century.
Group identity > Poland > Kraków > History > 20th century.
Nationalism > Poland > Kraków > History > 20th century.
Social change > Poland > Kraków > History > 20th century.
Sociology, Urban > Poland > Kraków > History > 20th century.
Kraków (Poland) > Press coverage > History > 20th century.
Kraków (Poland) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Kraków (Poland) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: unlikely metropolis
  • Cracow around 1900 : people, place, and prospects
  • The interurban matrix : local news and international sensations in Cracow's popular press
  • "We'll make ourselves into Europe" : the "Greater Cracow" survey series, 1903-1904
  • Municipal, national, and European aspirations : the creation of "Wielki Kraków," 1904-1915
  • Planes, trams, and automobiles : the dangers and allure of modern technology
  • "Big-city muck" : images of the "great city" in the "gutter press"
  • Becoming metropolitan
  • Epilogue.