Sarajevo, the Wounded City
Author | : Miroslav Prstojević |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Sarajevo (Bosnia and Hercegovina) |
ISBN | : 9789612240011 |
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Author | : Miroslav Prstojević |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Sarajevo (Bosnia and Hercegovina) |
ISBN | : 9789612240011 |
Author | : Bill Carter |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2015-11-26 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1473526604 |
Some trips are chosen, others choose you. When tragedy strikes Bill Carter's life he finds himself drawn to a war zone. In the modern heart of darkness, the besieged city of Sarajevo, we meet a man rebuilding the ruins of his former self in the most unlikely of places. Carter joins a maverick aid organization, 'The Serious Road Trip', and dodges snipers to deliver food and supplies to those the UN can't reach. He makes friends with the artistic community of Sarajevo and fights alongside them for survival in a place where food and water are scarce, where you meet death every day, but crucially where life, love and laughter ring out all the same. Carter takes his journey one surreal step further and enlists the help of major rock band U2.The ensuing events go no small way to influencing the course of the war and Western awareness of it.
Author | : Tom Gjelten |
Publisher | : Perennial |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Journalism |
ISBN | : 9780060926625 |
Using the multiethnic staff of the city newspaper as a microcosm of the city itself, the author offers an account of war in Sarajevo
Author | : Jane Schneider |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2020-06-29 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1000181650 |
Although the seemingly apocalyptic scale of the World Trade Center disaster continues to haunt people across the globe, it is only the most recent example of a city tragically wounded. Cities are, in fact, perpetually caught up in cycles of degeneration and renewal. As with the WTC, from time to time these cycles are severely ruptured by a sudden, unpredictable event. In the wake of recent terrorist activities, this timely book explores how urban populations are affected by wounds inflicted through violence, civil wars, overbuilding, drug trafficking, and the collapse of infrastructures, as well as natural disasters such as earthquakes. Mexico City, New York, Beirut, Belfast, Bangkok and Baghdad are just a few examples of cities riddled with problems that undermine, on a daily basis, the quality of urban life. What does it mean for urban dwellers when the infrastructure of a city collapses transport, communication grids, heat, light, roads, water, and sanitation? What are the effects of foreign investment and huge construction projects on urban populations and how does this change the look and character of a city? How does drug trafficking intersect with class, race, and gender, and what impact does it have on vulnerable urban communities? How do political corruption and mafia networks distort the built environment? Drawing on in-depth case studies from across the globe, this book answers these intriguing questions through its rigorous consideration of changing global and national contexts, social movements, and corrosive urban events. Adopting a grass roots up approach, it places emphasis on peoples experiences of uneven development and inequality, their engagement with memory in the face of continual change, and the relevance of political activism to bettering their lives. It is especially attentive to the historical interaction of particular cities with wider political and economic forces, as these interactions have shaped local governance over time.
Author | : Kemal Kurspahić |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
"No journalist would argue with the claim of Bosnia's principal morning paper, Oslobodjenje to be Newspaper of the Year," commented The Guardian of London after the BBC and Granada Television announced the prestigious award. "This morning's issue is the 319th to emerge from the nuclear shelter beneath the rubble of its Sarajevo press center.".
Author | : Frank Eckardt |
Publisher | : BWV Verlag |
Total Pages | : 625 |
Release | : 2011-01-01 |
Genre | : Cities and towns |
ISBN | : 383051641X |