Overview
- Summary
- Describes the vibrant Black Sea port city of Odessa and the thriving Jewish population that included Alexander Pushkin, Isaac Babel, and Zionist activist Vladimir Jabotinsky, and examines the mass murders of the Romanian occupation during World War II.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2011
- Locale
- Odesa (Ukraine)
Ukraine
Odesa - Edition
- 1st ed
- Contents
-
Pt. 1. City of dreams
ch. 1. The sinister shore
ch. 2. Potemkin and the mercenaries
ch. 3. Beacon
ch. 4. The governor and the poet
ch. 5. "There is nothing national about Odessa"
pt. 2. The habitations of cruelty
ch. 6. Schemes and shadows
ch. 7. Blood and vengeance
ch. 8. New world
ch. 9. The fields of Transnistria
ch. 10. "I would like to bring to your attention the following"
pt. 3. Nostalgia and remembrance
ch. 11. Hero city
ch. 12. Twilight
Chronology. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-323) and index.
Pt. 1. City of dreams -- ch. 1. The sinister shore -- ch. 2. Potemkin and the mercenaries -- ch. 3. Beacon -- ch. 4. The governor and the poet -- ch. 5. "There is nothing national about Odessa" -- pt. 2. The habitations of cruelty -- ch. 6. Schemes and shadows -- ch. 7. Blood and vengeance -- ch. 8. New world -- ch. 9. The fields of Transnistria --ch. 10. "I would like to bring to your attention the following" -- pt. 3. Nostalgia and remembrance -- ch. 11. Hero city -- ch. 12. Twilight -- Chronology.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780393070842
0393070840 (hbk.) - Physical Description
- 336 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Odesa (Ukraine)--History. Odesa (Ukraine)--Social conditions. Odesa (Ukraine)--Biography. Jews--Ukraine--Odesa--History. Social change--Ukraine--Odesa--History. Cultural pluralism--Ukraine--Odesa--History. Cosmopolitanism--Ukraine--Odesa--History. Genius--Social aspects--Ukraine--Odesa--History. Cruelty--Social aspects--Ukraine--Odesa--History. Death--Social aspects--Ukraine--Odesa--History.
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- 2011-04-04 11:17:00
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