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Author French, R. A.

Title Plans, pragmatism and people : the legacy of Soviet planning for today's cities / R. Antony French
Published London : UCL Press ; Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [1995]
©1995

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Description xi, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Pitt series in Russian and East European studies ; no. 26
Series in Russian and East European studies ; no. 26
Contents Introduction: the search for a Soviet city -- 1. The legacy of the pre-Soviet past -- 2. "The City of Socialist Man" -- 3. The realities of the Stalin period -- 4. Khrushchev to Gorbachev: the third phase of urban development -- 5. Problems of the Soviet city's legacy -- 6. The changing social geography of the city -- 7. The onset of the tyranny of the car -- 8. Incorporating the past in the present -- 9. The consequences of Soviet urban planning - an evaluation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-233) and index
Subject Cities and towns -- Soviet Union -- History.
City planning -- Soviet Union -- History.
LC no. 95012855
ISBN 0822911841 (cloth)
0822961067 (paperback)