List of maps List of tables List of figures List of plates 1. Introduction Jan C. Behrends and Martin Kohlrausch Races to Modernity: Metropolitan Aspirations in Eastern Europe, 1890–1940. An Introduction 2. The Social and the National Question in the Eastern Metropolis Mark D. Steinberg Modernity as Mask: Reality, Appearance, and Knowledge on the Petersburg Street Faith Hillis Modernist Visions and Mass Politics in Late Imperial Kiev Theodore R. Weeks Creating Polish Wilno, 1919–1939 Jan C. Behrends Modern Moscow: Russia’s Metropolis and the State from Tsarism to Stalinism 3. Urbanism Goes East: the Development of Capitals, Infrastructure, and Planning Eleni Bastéa Athens, 1890–1940: Transitory Modernism and National Realities Dubravka Stojanovic Between Rivalry, Irrationality, and Resistance: The Modernization of Belgrade, 1890–1914 Elitza Stanoeva Architectural Praxis in Sofia: The Changing Perception of Oriental Urbanity and European Urbanism, 1879–1940 Martin Kohlrausch Warszawa Funkcjonalna: Radical Urbanism and the International Discourse on Planning in the Interwar Period 4. Ostmoderne? East European Modernism Steven A. Mansbach Capital Modernism in the Baltic Republics: Kaunas, Tallinn, and Riga Laura Kolbe Imperial and National Helsinki: Shaping an Eastern or Western Capital City? Eve Blau Modernizing Zagreb: The Freedom of the Periphery 5. Bibliography 6. List of Contributors 7. Index