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| Author / Creator: | Schlögel, Karl. |
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| Uniform title: | Moskau lesen. English |
| Imprint: | London : Reaktion, 2005. |
| Description: | 351 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Topographics Topographics. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5792498 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Prologue: The eye of the beholder
- 1. Starting with the surface
- 2. High-rise buildings
- 3. Strata
- 4. A rampant boom
- 5. A note on Shekhtel
- 6. Buildings that were never built
- 7. The shadow of an imaginary tower
- 8. Amise-en-scenefor the moment
- 9. Let reason reign!
- 10. VDNKh
- 11. Classicism and Romanticism
- 12. On the edge of an era
- 13. Railway stations
- 14. Second-hand bookshops
- 15. The strong man and the hero
- 16. Vsya Moskva
- 17. Red forum
- 18. Proximity and distance
- 19. Inscriptions on the black background
- 20. The Conservatory
- 21. Proletarian stronghold
- 22. Museums
- 23. An Excursus on excursions
- 24. Intermediate worlds
- 25. Gathering evidence
- 26. Zamoskvoreche
- 27. Metro
- 28. Illustration
- 29. Monasteries and cemeteries
- 30. Knowing and seeing
- 31. In the footsteps of Walter Benjamin
- Conclusion In lieu of a bibliography
- Photographic
- Acknowledgements
