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Author Sifneos, Evrydiki

Title Imperial Odessa
Published Boston : BRILL, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (296 pages)
Series Eurasian Studies Library
Eurasian studies library.
Contents Imperial Odessa -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Of Peripatetic and Other Approaches to Odessaâ#x80;#x99;s History -- 1 The Peripatetic Approach -- 2 The Socio-economic Approach -- Port: Mobility and Ethnic Pluralism -- 1 Port-City Identities and Cosmopolitanism -- 2 Enlightened Administrators -- 3 The People of the Port -- 4 Influences from Without and Within -- 5 The Connectedness of Odessa -- 6 Travel Destination and Relay -- 7 The 1897 Demographic Snapshot -- 8 Residential Porosity: The Mikhelâ#x80;#x99;son Apartment Building in Aleksandrovskii District
9 Images, Representations, ComparisonsToward a Consumer Society: Tastes, Markets and Political Liberalism -- 1 The Rise of a Consumer Society -- 2 Markets -- 3 Provisioning the City -- 4 Profile of the Merchant-Entrepreneurs Involved in Foreign Trade and Their Specialisations -- 5 Patterns of Successful Business -- 6 The Evolution of Markets in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century -- 7 Political Liberalism: The Parallel Activity of the Union of Welfare and the Greek Secret Society -- 8 Imagining Greeceâ#x80;#x99;s Independence in Odessaâ#x80;#x99;s Greek Market
9 History of the Philiki Etaireia10 Facilitating Factors for Political Fermentation -- 11 The Commercial Outlook of the Greek Society of Friends -- Merchants and Entrepreneurs: The Driving Forces of Odessaâ#x80;#x99;s Economy -- 1 Industry in Odessa -- 2 Types of Entrepreneurs and Strategies -- 3 The Port and the Exporter -- 4 Middlemen: The Period of Transition -- 5 Real Estate Owners in Odessa -- 6 The Diversified Entrepreneur -- 7 The â#x80;#x9C;Politicalâ#x80;#x9D; Entrepreneur -- 8 At the Commercial Court -- 9 Transcending Communal Boundaries in Capital Raising
The Springtime of the Public Sphere1 Public Spaces -- 2 Civil Society? -- 3 Associations, Societies, Professional Societies -- 4 Workersâ#x80;#x99; Associations -- 5 Ethnic Minority Associations -- 6 Charity as a Culture -- 7 Î#x91;n Example of Commercial Charity: The Greek Benevolent Association of Odessa -- 8 Towards a Longed-for Multi-Ethnic Society: Odessa 1907â#x80;#x93;1914 -- The Two Sides of the Moon: Ethnic Clashes and Tolerance in a Cosmopolitan City -- 1 Co-existence and Tolerance in the Upper Classes -- 2 Rivalry in the Middle Classes
3 Separation and Conflict in the Lower Strata4 Crisis Management and the Responsibilities of the Local Authorities -- 5 Stereotypes -- 6 Impact of the Pogroms and Civic Drawbacks -- 7 Non-ethnic Violence -- The End of a Cosmopolitan Port-City -- 1 Î#x91;ftermath: The Four Stories -- 2 Politicization during the School Years -- 2.1 Gymnasia Militancy -- 2.2 Acquaintances -- 2.3 The Illegal Literature -- 3 Between Judicial Responsibility, Passion for Music and Revolution -- 3.1 1918 â#x80;#x93; Law Service, Music and German Occupation
""3.2 1919 â#x80;#x93; Farewell to the Violoncello""
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Subject Cities and towns -- Ukraine -- Odesa -- History
Cities and towns -- Growth.
suburban growth.
urban sprawl.
Cities and towns.
Cities and towns -- Growth.
Ukraine -- Odesa.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004351622
9004351620