This volume succeeds beautifully in conveying a detailed sense of urban development in Eastern Europe and the crucial importance of cities for the moderniszation of Eastern Europe during the half century before World War II.
Jan C. Behrends, Centre for Contemporary History (ZZF), Potsdam, teaches East European History at Humboldt University, Berlin. Martin Kohlrausch is Associate Professor of European History, KU Leuven, Belgium.