{"product_id":"from-cotton-and-smoke-agata-zysiak-9788323344889","title":"From Cotton and Smoke: L\u0026#378; - Industrial City and Discourses of Asynchronous Modernity, 1897-1994","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book considers Lź as the capital of the Polish nineteenth century, and the history of this former textile hub, which now finds itself in central Poland, as one of struggle with modern change in Eastern Europe. The authors boldly challenge the romantic and noble-based Polish cultural imaginary, offering instead a revolutionary path to understanding confrontation with modernity in the region. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book examines local press debates during four pivotal periods, each of which stimulated self-reflection on the idea of the modern city: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rapid industrial growth in the tsarist borderlands; \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e State crafting after WWI; \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Socialist restructuring after 1945; \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Transition and deindustrialization after 1989. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether these insights constitute a multifaceted portrait of twentieth-century urban experience beyond the metropolis, in different historical contexts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis innovative, interdisciplinary work deftly integrates urban and cultural history, historical sociology and discourse research. It will be of great value to Polish and Jewish studies specialists, as well as those in the field of Eastern European and Slavic studies. The book also addresses core intellectual debates within urban studies, modernity studies, and historical discourse analysis worldwide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Agata Zysiak, Kamil Śmiechowski, Kamil Piskala\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8323344884\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788323344889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jagiellonian University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.60w x 0.60d","brand":"Agata Zysiak","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941272813823,"sku":"9788323344889","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_82824722-e9c3-41a0-b3f7-f94fadeb5518.jpg?v=1681451945","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-cotton-and-smoke-agata-zysiak-9788323344889","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}