What is it about?

Emerging cities gives a matrix how to analyze city development in Eastern Europe at the turn from 19th to 20th century. The paper overcomes the traditional perspective of beeing peripheral and backwarded and shows that cities in Eastern Europe experienced a fascinating development at the turn to 20th century.

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Why is it important?

The paper introduces a new perspective on cities in Eastern Europe.

Perspectives

Our paper is an important step to overcome old research designs and will create a new interest on cities in Eastern Europe.

PD Dr. Heidi Hein-Kircher
Herder-Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe

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This page is a summary of: “Emerging Cities”: Knowledge and Urbanization in Europe’s Borderlands 1880-1945”—Introduction, Journal of Urban History, May 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0096144217705348.
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