Central Asian, Russian & Eastern European Studies Products

Edited by PAUL FRYER, Anastasia Toros

Viktor Simov is the first English-language biography of Konstantin Stanislavsky’s principal scenic designer at the Moscow Art Theatre from the company’s formation in 1898. His ground-breaking work included the designs for the premieres of Anton Chekhov’s major stage plays, and his approach to…

Hardback – 2019-12-05
Routledge

By Olga Medvedkov

Originally published in 1990, Soviet Urbanization provides an assessment of Soviet urban systems. Drawing on her personal experiences at the Soviet Academy of Sciences and bringing with her much material otherwise unavailable in the West, the author analyses the structure of the Soviet urban…

Paperback – 2019-12-04
Routledge
Routledge Library Editions: Urbanization

By Jeremy Howard, Irena Bužinska, Z.S. Strother

Hailed as a brilliant theoretician, Voldemārs Matvejs (best known by his pen name Vladimir Markov) was a Latvian artist who spearheaded the Union of Youth, a dynamic group championing artistic change in Russia, 1910-14. His work had a formative impact on Malevich, Tatlin, and the Constructivists…

Paperback – 2019-11-12
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Studies in Art Historiography

By Diana Reynolds Cordileone

In Alois Riegl in Vienna 1875-1905: An Institutional Biography, Diana Cordileone applies standard methods of cultural and intellectual history for close readings of Riegl’s published texts, several of which are still unavailable in English. Further, the author compares Riegl’s work to several of…

Paperback – 2019-11-12
Routledge
Studies in Art Historiography

By Peter Nijkamp

Edited by Iulia Traistaru

This title was first published in 2003. Since 1990, Central and Eastern European countries have experienced increased economic integration with the European Union. The spatial implications of this process have been little investigated so far. Have patterns of regional specialization and industrial…

Paperback – 2019-11-11
Routledge
Routledge Revivals

By Síghle Bhreathnach-Lynch

Edited by Tricia Cusack

This title was first published in 2003. The essay collection explores the conjunctions of nation, gender, and visual representation in a number of countries-including Ireland, Scotland, Britain, Canada, Finland, Russia and Germany-during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The contributors show…

Paperback – 2019-11-11
Routledge
Routledge Revivals

By Christopher Williams, Vladimir Chuprov

Title first published in 2003. This timely and original book is the most comprehensive and authoritative analysis of Russia's risk society to date. Referring to the works of Douglas, Beck and Giddens, it considers a variety of theories of risk and applies them to young people in different risk…

Paperback – 2019-10-31
Routledge
Routledge Revivals

By JoAnne Myers

Using applied political theory, JoAnne Myers presents five markers by which citizens become second-class citizens—property, productivity, participation, patriotism, and reproduction. Citizenship is a highly contested status since it grants members political rights and responsibilities. It is…

Paperback – 2019-10-31
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By Manuela Stanculescu

Edited by Rainer Neef

This title was first published in 2002. In State socialist societies, informal economies were essential for the functioning of the economy as well as for household provision. Since the beginning of social transformation they have been flourishing better than ever before. They are a main outlet on…

Paperback – 2019-10-29
Routledge
Routledge Revivals

By Robert Miller

Edited by Robin Humphrey

This title was first published in 2003. The transition from socialism experienced by the countries of Eastern and Central Europe during the last decade has been recognised as a profound historical watershed. It is only now, however, that the meanings and dimensions of 'post-socialism' are becoming…

Paperback – 2019-10-29
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Routledge Revivals

By Graham H.J. Roberts

As shopping has been transformed from a chore into a major source of hedonistic pleasure, a specifically Russian consumer culture has begun to emerge that is unlike any other. This book examines the many different facets of consumption in today’s Russia, including retailing, advertising and social…

Paperback – 2019-07-17
Routledge

Edited by Brian James Baer, Susanna Witt

This volume represents the first large-scale effort to address topics of translation in Russian contexts across the disciplinary boundaries of Slavic Studies and Translation Studies, thus opening up new perspectives for both fields. Leading scholars from Eastern and Western Europe offer a…

Paperback – 2019-07-16
Routledge
Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies