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Unfinished capital — unfinished state: How the modernization of Belgrade was prevented, 1890-1914
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2018
Abstract
Today's pictures of Belgrade are not much different from late-nineteenth-century descriptions: messy streets, uncompleted infrastructure projects, lack of coordinated urban plans and strategies. No doubt all of this shows that the weak Serbian society never raised sufficient funds to invest in a glamorous-looking capital city. The most frequent excuse to justify the poor-looking conditions of the national capital has been found in the nation's struggle to fulfill an uncompleted project for national unification. For more than two centuries, the modern Serbian elite has remained unsatisfied with current national boundaries. This paper will address the question of how those unfulfilled national aspirations can be detected in the urban fabric of Belgrade.
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- Special Section: Belgrade and Beyond: Reading the Nation through Serbian Cityscapes
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- Copyright © 2013 Association for the Study of Nationalities
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