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almahu_9949481205602882
Format:
1 online resource (424 p.) :
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70 b&w halftones, 21 b&w line drawings, 40 maps, 2 charts, 28 color plates
ISBN:
9781501759215
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9783110751826
Content:
Spatial Revolution is the first comparative parallel study of Soviet architecture and planning to create a narrative arc across a vast geography. The narrative binds together three critical industrial-residential projects in Baku, Magnitogorsk, and Kharkiv, built during the first fifteen years of the Soviet project and followed attentively worldwide after the collapse of capitalist markets in 1929.Among the revelations provided by Christina E. Crawford is the degree to which outside experts participated in the construction of the Soviet industrial complex, while facing difficult topographies, near-impossible deadlines, and inchoate theories of socialist space-making. Crawford describes how early Soviet architecture and planning activities were kinetic and negotiated and how questions about the proper distribution of people and industry under socialism were posed and refined through the construction of brick and mortar, steel and concrete projects, living laboratories that tested alternative spatial models. As a result, Spatial Revolution answers important questions of how the first Soviet industrialization drive was a catalyst for construction of thousands of new enterprises on remote sites across the Eurasian continent, an effort that spread to far-flung sites in other socialist states-and capitalist welfare states-for decades to follow.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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Acknowledgments --
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Glossary --
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Note on Transliteration and Translation --
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Introduction --
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Part I. Oil City: Baku, 1920-1927 --
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1. Socialism Means Housing --
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2. From Garden Cities to Urban Superblocks --
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3. A Plan for the Proletariat --
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Part II. Steel City: Magnitogorsk, 1929-1932 --
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4. The Great Debate --
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5. Competition and Visions --
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6. Frankfurt on the Steppe --
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Part III. Machine City: Kharkiv, 1930-1932 --
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7. From Tractors to Territory --
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8. Socialist Urbanization through Standardization --
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Conclusion --
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Appendix: Magnitogorsk Competition Brief --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
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Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110751826
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501759192
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
DOI:
10.1515/9781501759215
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