Testimonies of the City (Historical Urban Studies)

Contents......Page 8
Some of the contributors......Page 5
General Editors’ Preface......Page 10
Illustrations and Table......Page 12
Notes on Contributors......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 18
Dedication......Page 20
1 Frameworks: testimony, representation and interpretation......Page 22
PART 1: SOCIAL IDENTITIES......Page 42
2 Narratives from the urban workplace: oral testimonies and the reconstruction of men’s work in the heavy industries in Glasgow......Page 44
3 The cultural identity of semi-skilled women workers in Socialist Hungary......Page 66
4 Myths of the Great Tree Gang: constructing urban spaces and youth culture in the ‘socialist’ Budapest......Page 94
PART 2: COMMUNITY, NEIGHBOURHOOD AND DAILY LIFE......Page 116
5 Meanings of the city: Zagreb’s new housing communities since the 1950s......Page 118
6 Unfolding urban memories and ethnic identities: narratives of ethnic diversity in Limburg, Belgium......Page 140
7 Rhythms, rituals and routines in inter-war Paris: a sensitive experience of urban history......Page 160
PART 3: RESPONSES TO URBAN CHANGE......Page 178
8 Understanding the urban past: the transformation of Bucharest in the late Socialist period......Page 180
9 Resurrecting narratives: revitalization, ruins and modern cemeteries in the Brás district, São Paulo City, since 1970......Page 208
10 Uncommon threads: oral history, historical narrative, and public art in Los Angeles......Page 228
PART 4: MIGRATION AND METHODS......Page 250
11 Migrant voices in the contemporary history of Vienna: the case of ex-Yugoslavs......Page 252
12 Negotiating boundaries and the cross-cultural oral history interview......Page 272
B......Page 290
D......Page 291
H......Page 292
K......Page 293
O......Page 294
S......Page 295
W......Page 296
Z......Page 297