Urban Communities and Memories in East-Central Europe in the Modern Age

Aleksander Łupienko (Polish Academy of Sciences)

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Routledge
07 August 2024

European history; First World War; Religion: general; Urban communities; Religious groups: social & cultural aspects

Series: Poland: Transnational Histories

This edited volume studies the logic of community formation and the common view of the past to show how various social bonds of communities functioned during the modern national era of East-Central Europe from the late eighteenth century until today and how multifaceted this group-building really was.

Through an overview of selected examples of communities in East-Central European urban centres, mainly the territories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and its successor empires, the volume shows the potential of re-interpretation or adaptation of the past as a crucial tool for assuring social cohesion and for strengthening the image of group boundaries. It studies not only textual sources but also the cultural construction of local historical writings such as oral tradition and municipal publications, as well as symbolic objects such as epitaphs, plaques, monuments and public edifices. The contributors explore the actual creativity employed by these communities to envision their past and their future in homage to the ideals of centralised nationalism or regionalism and how these strongly ethnically marked historic spaces can be interpreted, celebrated or neglected.

This book will be of interest to scholars and students of regional urban history and cultural diversities, memory cultures and community formation.

Edited by: Aleksander Łupienko (Polish Academy of Sciences)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032703176
ISBN 10: 1032703172
Series: Poland: Transnational Histories
Pages: 302
Publication Date: 07 August 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Aleksander Łupienko is Associate Professor in the T. Manteuffel Institute of History, the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.