Tales Of Old Odessa - Crime And Civility In A City Of Thieves

Informationen zum Autor ROSHANNA P. SYLVESTER is Assistant Professor of History at DePaul University in Chicago. Klappentext How did Odessans understand the city and their place in it? What did modernization mean in Odessa? Answering such questions! this book reveals the inner life of Odessa! in the years before WWI from the perspective of those who lived there. It is useful for those interested in urban culture! social history! the Jewish experience! and modern Russia. Zusammenfassung How did Odessans understand the city and their place in it? What did modernization mean in Odessa? Answering such questions! this book reveals the inner life of Odessa! in the years before WWI from the perspective of those who lived there. It is useful for those interested in urban culture! social history! the Jewish experience! and modern Russia.

Product details

• Authors: Roshanna Sylvester, Roshanna P. Sylvester
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2005
• EAN: 9780875803463
• ISBN: 978-0-87580-346-3
• No. of pages: 244
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 19 mm
• Series: NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Niu Slavic, East European, and
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology