Reshaping Russian architecture : Western technology, utopian dreams /

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Imprint:[Washington, D.C.] : Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars ; Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Description:xvii, 222 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language:English
Series:Woodrow Wilson Center series
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1047984
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Other authors / contributors:Brumfield, William Craft, 1944-
ISBN:052139418X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • List of illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Editor's note
  • Introduction
  • 1. From Palace Square to Moscow Square: St Petersburg's century-long retreat from public space
  • 2. Russian perceptions of American architecture, 1870-1917
  • 3. Architectural design in Moscow, 1890-1917: innovation and retrospection
  • 4. Moscow's revolutionary architecture and its aftermath: a critical guide
  • 5. The realization of Utopia
  • Western technology and Soviet avant-garde architecture
  • 6. Foreign architects in the Soviet Union during the first two five-Year Plans
  • About the authors
  • Index