Odessa : genius and death in a city of dreams /

Odessa : genius and death in a city of dreams /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	King, Charles, 1967-
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2011.
Description:	336 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Jews -- Ukraine -- Odesa -- History. Social change -- Ukraine -- Odesa -- History. Cultural pluralism -- Ukraine -- Odesa -- History. Cosmopolitanism -- Ukraine -- Odesa -- History. Genius -- Social aspects -- Ukraine -- Odesa -- History. Cruelty -- Social aspects -- Ukraine -- Odesa -- History. Death -- Social aspects -- Ukraine -- Odesa -- History. Cosmopolitanism. Cruelty -- Social aspects. Cultural pluralism. Death -- Social aspects. Jews. Social change. Social conditions. Odesa (Ukraine) -- History. Odesa (Ukraine) -- Social conditions. Odesa (Ukraine) -- Biography. Ukraine -- Odesa. Biography. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8460975

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ISBN:	9780393070842 (hbk.) 0393070840 (hbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-323) and index.

Table of Contents:

Author's Note
Maps
Introduction
Part I. City of Dreams
Chapter 1. The Sinister Shore
Chapter 2. Potemkin and the Mercenaries
Chapter 3. Beacon
Chapter 4. The Governor and the Poet
Chapter 5. ôThere Is Nothing National about Odessaö
Part II. The Habitations of Cruelty
Chapter 6. Schemes and Shadows
Chapter 7. Blood and Vengeance
Chapter 8. New World
Chapter 9. The Fields of Transnistria
Chapter 10. ôI Would Like to Bring to Your Attention the Followingö
Part III. Nostalgia and Remembrance
Chapter 11. Hero City
Chapter 12. Twilight
Chronology
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index