Preserving Petersburg: History, Memory, Nostalgia [Idioma Inglés]

. . . the essays underscore the fact that for many Russians, Piter is a nostalgia museum, a sacred place. Preserving Petersburg will appeal . . . to scholars who are interested in the arts and those who are . . . familiar with the city's history and monuments. Sept. 2009 -- Michael Hamm * Centre College * [A]n excellent collection of essays ... [T]he variety of subjects and methodologies gathered together here will certainly satisfy anyone interested in the study of the former imperial capital. * Journal of Modern History * This collection of essays about St. Petersburg is a fine contribution to memory studies, urban history, and public history. . . . Everyone looking for a stimulating encounter with St. Petersburg will find it here. * European History Quarterly * . . .will certainly introduce . . . students, to the more conventional delights of a city . . . which is better-known for inhabiting the tropes of 'museum city' and 'theater set'. . . . Vol. 68.3 July 2009 -- Catriona Kelly * New College, Oxford * As the various chapters of this fine volume make clear, seeing past the myth to the reality of the city's past and present remains as much of a challenge in the age of Putin as it was under Peter the Great and Nicholas I. * Slavonic & East European Review * This collection brings together history, literature, architecture, and the politics of memory. . . . The book includes a number of excellent images (both photographs of the city and images of art works showing different aspects of Petersburg life). Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.February 2009 * Choice * This book is an important addition to scholarship on Imperial Russia's prized capital city. . . . Though St. Petersburg has consistently defied theorisation throughout its history, Goscilo and Norris' innovative anthology provides Slavic scholars with a panoramic view of the city's literary, pictorial and social manifestations. Vol. 62, No. 8 * Europe-Asia Studies * . . . the collection truly sparkles as the contributors each in turn take up this snuff box of a city . . . and breathe movement and life into the idealized Petersburg museum.Vol. 68.4 Winter 2009 -- Gregory Stroud * Bennington College *