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100 1 $aKing, Charles,$d1967-
245 10 $aOdessa :$bgenius and death in a city of dreams /$cCharles King.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bW.W. Norton & Co.,$cc2011.
300 $a336 p. :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 305-323) and index.
505 0 $aPt. 1. City of dreams -- ch. 1. The sinister shore -- ch. 2. Potemkin and the mercenaries -- ch. 3. Beacon -- ch. 4. The governor and the poet -- ch. 5. "There is nothing national about Odessa" -- pt. 2. The habitations of cruelty -- ch. 6. Schemes and shadows -- ch. 7. Blood and vengeance -- ch. 8. New world -- ch. 9. The fields of Transnistria --ch. 10. "I would like to bring to your attention the following" -- pt. 3. Nostalgia and remembrance -- ch. 11. Hero city -- ch. 12. Twilight -- Chronology.
520 $aDescribes the vibrant Black Sea port city of Odessa and the thriving Jewish population that included Alexander Pushkin, Isaac Babel, and Zionist activist Vladimir Jabotinsky, and examines the mass murders of the Romanian occupation during World War II.
651 0 $aOdesa (Ukraine)$xHistory.
651 0 $aOdesa (Ukraine)$xSocial conditions.
651 0 $aOdesa (Ukraine)$vBiography.
650 0 $aJews$zUkraine$zOdesa$xHistory.
650 0 $aSocial change$zUkraine$zOdesa$xHistory.
650 0 $aCultural pluralism$zUkraine$zOdesa$xHistory.
650 0 $aCosmopolitanism$zUkraine$zOdesa$xHistory.
650 0 $aGenius$xSocial aspects$zUkraine$zOdesa$xHistory.
650 0 $aCruelty$xSocial aspects$zUkraine$zOdesa$xHistory.
650 0 $aDeath$xSocial aspects$zUkraine$zOdesa$xHistory.