The Palace Complex : A Stalinist Skyscraper, Capitalist Warsaw, and a City Transfixed /

The Palace of Culture and Science is a massive Stalinist skyscraper that was ""gifted"" to Warsaw by the Soviet Union in 1955. Author Michał Murawski traces the skyscraper's powerful impact on 21st century Warsaw, exploring the many factorsthat allow Warsaw's Palace to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Murawski, Michał (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Pałac Kultury i Nauki w Warszawie.
Municipal buildings.
Buildings.
Architecture and society.
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
HISTORY > Europe > Germany.
Municipal buildings > Poland > Warsaw.
Architecture and society > Poland > Warsaw.
Poland > Warsaw.
Warsaw (Poland) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The Palace of Culture and Science is a massive Stalinist skyscraper that was ""gifted"" to Warsaw by the Soviet Union in 1955. Author Michał Murawski traces the skyscraper's powerful impact on 21st century Warsaw, exploring the many factorsthat allow Warsaw's Palace to endure as a still-socialist building in a post-socialist city.
Notas:Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Cambridge, 2014, under the title: Palace Complex : the social life of a Stalinist skyscraper in post-socialist Warsaw.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (366 pages).
ISBN:9780253039996

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