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Author Herbert, Joanna

Title Testimonies of the City : Identity, Community and Change in a Contemporary Urban World
Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (235 pages)
Series Historical Urban Studies
Historical urban studies.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Frontispiece: Some of the contributors; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; General Editorsâ#x80;#x99; Preface; Illustrations and Table; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Dedication; 1 Frameworks: testimony, representation and interpretation; PART 1: SOCIAL IDENTITIES; 2 Narratives from the urban workplace: oral testimonies and the reconstruction of menâ#x80;#x99;s work in the heavy industries in Glasgow; 3 The cultural identity of semi-skilled women workers in Socialist Hungary
4 Myths of the Great Tree Gang: constructing urban spaces and youth culture in the â#x80;#x98;socialistâ#x80;#x99; BudapestPART 2: COMMUNITY, NEIGHBOURHOOD AND DAILY LIFE; 5 Meanings of the city: Zagrebâ#x80;#x99;s new housing communities since the 1950s; 6 Unfolding urban memories and ethnic identities: narratives of ethnic diversity in Limburg, Belgium; 7 Rhythms, rituals and routines in inter-war Paris: a sensitive experience of urban history; PART 3: RESPONSES TO URBAN CHANGE; 8 Understanding the urban past: the transformation of Bucharest in the late Socialist period
9 Resurrecting narratives: revitalization, ruins and modern cemeteries in the Brás district, São Paulo City, since 197010 Uncommon threads: oral history, historical narrative, and public art in Los Angeles; PART 4: MIGRATION AND METHODS; 11 Migrant voices in the contemporary history of Vienna: the case of ex-Yugoslavs; 12 Negotiating boundaries and the cross-cultural oral history interview
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Subject Cities and towns -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
Social change -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
Sociology, Urban -- Europe
Oral history -- Europe
Social history -- 20th century.
Cities and towns
Oral history
Social change
Social conditions
Social history
Sociology, Urban
SUBJECT Europe -- Social conditions -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045759
Subject Europe
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Rodger, Richard
ISBN 9781317045847
131704584X