Capital Cities in the Aftermath of Empires

Exploring the urban and planning history of cities across Central and South-eastern Europe against a background of rising nationalism, this book contains fourteen studies of individual cities. Introductory chapters in the book outline the political history of the area and how the developments in the different countries were interconnected.

Emily Gunzburger Makas is Associate Pr ofessor in the School of Architecture, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Tanja Damljanovic Conley teaches architectural history at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston.

1. Introduction: Shaping Central and Southeastern European Capital Cities in the Age of Nationalism Part 1: South-Eastern European Capitals after the Ottoman Empire 2. Athens 3. Belgrade 4. Bucharest 5. Cetinje 6. Sofia 7. Tirana 8. Ankara Part 2: Central European Capitals within and after the Hapsburg Empire 9. Budapest 10. Prague 11. Bratislava 12. Cracow and Warsaw 13. Zagreb 14. Ljubljana 15. Sarajevo 16. Conclusion: Not Just the National: Modernity and the Myth of Europe in the Capital Cities of Central and Southeastern Europe