Eastern Blocks

Author : Zupagrafika
Publisher : Brutalist Architecture
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Brutalism (Architecture)
ISBN : 8395057431

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Eastern Blocks by Zupagrafika Pdf

Sleeping districts? of Moscow, Plattenbauten of East Berlin, modernist estates of Warsaw, Kyiv's Brezhnevki: although these are home to the vast majority of city dwellers, post-war suburbs of central and eastern Europe have been invisible for decades.00'Eastern Blocks' by Zupagrafika is a photographic journey through the cityscapes the former Eastern Bloc, inviting readers to explore the districts and peripheries that became a playground for mass housing development after WW2, including objects like Soviet?flying saucers?, houses?on chicken legs? or hammer-shaped tower blocks.00Showcasing modernist and brutalist architecture scattered around the cities of Moscow, (East) Berlin, Warsaw, Budapest, Kyiv and Saint Petersburg, the book contains over 100 photographs taken by Zupagrafika throughout the last decade as a reference archive for their illustrated kits and books, with special contributions by local photographers. Divided into 6 chapters, 'Eastern Blocks' includes a foreword by writer and journalist Christopher Beanland, orientative maps, index of architects and informative texts on the featured cities and constructions.

Author : Zupagrafika
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8395057458

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Panelki by Zupagrafika Pdf

Author : A.S. Bhalla
Publisher : Springer
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349258116

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Regional Blocs by A.S. Bhalla Pdf

A topical study of regional arrangements covering ASEAN, SAARC and APEC in Asia, NAFTA and MERCOSUR in the Americas, SADC, SACU and ECOWAS in Africa, and the European Union, EFTA and Eastern Europe. The book argues that foreign direct investment is complementary to trade and most regional arrangements can create trade and induce growth so long as they remain open and non-discriminatory. But they could also become stumbling blocks to globalization. The book demonstrates how US and EU trade policy will be crucial in shaping the world economy.

Author : Annette Vowinckel,Marcus M. Payk,Thomas Lindenberger
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857452436

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Cold War Cultures by Annette Vowinckel,Marcus M. Payk,Thomas Lindenberger Pdf

The Cold War was not only about the imperial ambitions of the super powers, their military strategies, and antagonistic ideologies. It was also about conflicting worldviews and their correlates in the daily life of the societies involved. The term "Cold War Culture" is often used in a broad sense to describe media influences, social practices, and symbolic representations as they shape, and are shaped by, international relations. Yet, it remains in question whether -- or to what extent -- the Cold War Culture model can be applied to European societies, both in the East and the West. While every European country had to adapt to the constraints imposed by the Cold War, individual development was affected by specific conditions as detailed in these chapters. This volume offers an important contribution to the international debate on this issue of the Cold War impact on everyday life by providing a better understanding of its history and legacy in Eastern and Western Europe.

Author : Dana Goldberg
Publisher : Children's Book Press
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Minority artists
ISBN : 0892392207

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On My Block by Dana Goldberg Pdf

Fifteen artists portray, in words and pictures, the places that are most special to them.

Author : David Navarro,Martyna Sobecka,Zupagrafika
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8395057482

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Monotowns by David Navarro,Martyna Sobecka,Zupagrafika Pdf

Author : William Jay Risch
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780739178232

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Youth and Rock in the Soviet Bloc by William Jay Risch Pdf

Youth and Rock in the Soviet Bloc explores the rise of youth as consumers of popular culture and the globalization of popular music in Russia and Eastern Europe. This collection of essays challenges assumptions that Communist leaders and Western-influenced youth cultures were inimically hostile to one another. While initially banning Western cultural trends like jazz and rock-and-roll, Communist leaders accommodated elements of rock and pop music to develop their own socialist popular music. They promoted organized forms of leisure to turn young people away from excesses of style perceived to be Western. Popular song and officially sponsored rock and pop bands formed a socialist beat that young people listened and danced to. Young people attracted to the music and subcultures of the capitalist West still shared the values and behaviors of their peers in Communist youth organizations. Despite problems providing youth with consumer goods, leaders of Soviet bloc states fostered a socialist alternative to the modernity the capitalist West promised. Underground rock musicians thus shared assumptions about culture that Communist leaders had instilled. Still, competing with influences from the capitalist West had its limits. State-sponsored rock festivals and rock bands encouraged a spirit of rebellion among young people. Official perceptions of what constituted culture limited options for accommodating rock and pop music and Western youth cultures. Youth countercultures that originated in the capitalist West, like hippies and punks, challenged the legitimacy of Communist youth organizations and their sponsors. Government media and police organs wound up creating oppositional identities among youth gangs. Failing to provide enough Western cultural goods to provincial cities helped fuel resentment over the Soviet Union’s capital, Moscow, and encourage support for breakaway nationalist movements that led to the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991. Despite the Cold War, in both the Soviet bloc and in the capitalist West, political elites responded to perceived threats posed by youth cultures and music in similar manners. Young people participated in a global youth culture while expressing their own local views of the world.

Author : Tinatin Gurgenidze
Publisher : Dom Publishers
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3869221186

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Eastern Block Stories by Tinatin Gurgenidze Pdf

The title Eastern Block Stories features dozens of articles and over 60 unique hand-picked images about mass housing estates in former communist states. This book aims to address the blind spots to take a closer look at the major challenges for post-socialist housing estates today and imagine what could be their future. Besides stories from Georgia, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Poland and Germany unique photographic material which covers cases from more than ten countries is included. The major take of this book is to unveil the diversity of the Eastern blocks alive and the richness of their urban context besides a stigmatizing and alienating gaze. With contributions by Carola S. Neugebauer, Romea Muryń, Kuba Snopek, Dimitrij Zadorin, Lubov Davidkina, Nataliia Mysak, Gigi Shukakidze, Paulina Paga, Maria Melnikova, Aleksandra Katasonova, llyas Kulbarisov, David Sichinava, and Alexander Novikov.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Phaidon Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0714871087

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This Brutal World by Anonim Pdf

A curated collection of some of the most powerful and awe-inspiring Brutalist architecture ever built This Brutal World is a global survey of this compelling and much-admired style of architecture. It brings to light virtually unknown Brutalist architectural treasures from across the former eastern bloc and other far flung parts of the world. It includes works by some of the best contemporary architects including Zaha Hadid and David Chipperfield as well as by some of the master architects of the 20th century including Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn, Paul Rudolph and Marcel Breuer.

Author : Rudolf Bahro
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781789606812

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The Alternative in Eastern Europe by Rudolf Bahro Pdf

The contemporary Marxist writer provides analyses of socialist theory, modern political struggle, and socialist societies in Eastern Europe.

Author : Bruce R. Berglund,Brian A. Porter
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789639776654

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Christianity and Modernity in Eastern Europe by Bruce R. Berglund,Brian A. Porter Pdf

Disgraceful collusion. Heroic resistance. Suppression of faith. Perseverance of convictions. The story of Christianity in twentieth-century Eastern Europe is often told in stark scenes of tragedy and triumph. Overlooked in the retelling of these dramas is how the region's clergy and lay believers lived their faith, acted within religious and political institutions, and adapted their traditions---while struggling to make sense of a changing world. The contributors to this volume, coming from the U.S. and Western and Eastern Europe, look beyond the narratives of resistance and collaboration. They offer surprising new evidence from archives and oral history interviews, and they provide fresh interpretations of Christianity as it was lived and expressed in modern Europe: from religiosity in the industrial cities of the late nineteenth century to current debates over immigration and European identity; from theological debates in East Germany to folk healing in post-socialist Bulgaria; and, counter-intuitively, from religious fervor among the Czechs to indifference among the Poles. Addressing Christianity in diverse forms---Orthodox, Protestant, Roman and Greek Catholic---as an integral part of the region's politics, society, and culture, this collection is a major addition to studies of both Eastern Europe and religion in the twentieth century. "A volume that specialists in the history of Christianity in other regions of the world will read with great interest, and a degree of envy. As an historian of religion in Western Europe, I can say that although there is a vast literature on the religious history of the nineteenth century and a growing literature on the twentieth century, there is nothing quite like this." From the Foreword by Hugh McLeod, author of The Religious Crisis of the 1960s. "This is a path-breaking book in two different ways. It contributes to the re-evaluation of the nature of modern European religion generally, and to the nature of religion in the modern world." Jeffrey Cox, University of Iowa, author of Imperial Fault Lines: Christianity and Colonial Power in India.

Author : Adrián Mauricio Pérez-Peña
Publisher : UN-HABITAT
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Sustainable buildings
ISBN : 9789211321500

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Interlocking Stabilised Soil Blocks by Adrián Mauricio Pérez-Peña Pdf

Author : Zupagrafika
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8396326800

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Brutal Britain (second Edition) by Zupagrafika Pdf

Author : James C. Scott
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780300252989

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Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott Pdf

“One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades.”—John Gray, New York Times Book Review Hailed as “a magisterial critique of top-down social planning” by the New York Times, this essential work analyzes disasters from Russia to Tanzania to uncover why states so often fail—sometimes catastrophically—in grand efforts to engineer their society or their environment, and uncovers the conditions common to all such planning disasters. “Beautifully written, this book calls into sharp relief the nature of the world we now inhabit.”—New Yorker “A tour de force.”— Charles Tilly, Columbia University

Author : Jagdish Bhagwati
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008-07-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199715909

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Termites in the Trading System by Jagdish Bhagwati Pdf

Jagdish Bhagwati, the internationally renowned economist who uniquely combines a reputation as the leading scholar of international trade with a substantial presence in public policy on the important issues of the day, shines here a critical light on Preferential Trade Agreements, revealing how the rapid spread of PTAs endangers the world trading system. Numbering by now well over 300, and rapidly increasing, these preferential trade agreements, many taking the form of Free Trade Agreements, have re-created the unhappy situation of the 1930s, when world trade was undermined by discriminatory practices. Whereas this was the result of protectionism in those days, ironically it is a result of misdirected pursuit of free trade via PTAs today. The world trading system is at risk again, the author argues, and the danger is palpable. Writing with his customary wit, panache and elegance, Bhagwati documents the growth of these PTAs, the reasons for their proliferation, and their deplorable consequences which include the near-destruction of the non-discrimination which was at the heart of the postwar trade architecture and its replacement by what he has called the spaghetti bowl of a maze of preferences. Bhagwati also documents how PTAs have undermined the prospects for multilateral freeing of trade, serving as stumbling blocks, instead of building blocks, for the objective of reaching multilateral free trade. In short, Bhagwati cogently demonstrates why PTAs are Termites in the Trading System.