Tales of Old Odessa: Crime and Civility in a City of Thieves

Tales of Old Odessa: Crime and Civility in a City of Thieves Sylvester Roshanna Wydawca: Cornell University Press Data wydania: 2005 ISBN: 9780875803463 Liczba stron: 254 Format: 236 x 166 x 22 Rodzaj oprawy: Hardback Opis produktu: 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.