Description:
This book explores the various ways imperial rule constituted and shaped the cities of Eastern Europe until the First World War in the Tsarist, Habsburg, and Ottoman empires.
Review Quotes:
"Overall, the knowledgeable contributions discuss the question of manifestations of imperial rule at the local level in an exemplary manner, whereby this question draws on existing approaches - for example by Markian Prokopovych. They show how fruitful this comparative perspective can be for the continental empires of Europe and their colonization policies. "Imperial cities" thus proves to be a connecting attribution and characterization, whereby a national, regional and local level can be connected and important empirical insights can be gained... the decolonizing perspective of the volume can contribute to further research into the role of the "imperial cities" in the peripheries."
Heidi Hein-Kircher, Martin Opitz Library Herne / Ruhr University Bochum